Infinitely Losing My Edge
Yeah, I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
The kids are coming up from behind.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids from Netherlands and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge to the kids whose footsteps I hear when they get on the decks.
I'm losing my edge to the internet seekers who can tell me every member of every good group from 1961 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen kids in little jackets and borrowed nostalgia for the unremembered nineties.
I'm losing my edge.
I'm losing my edge.
I can hear the footsteps every night on the decks.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed started up his first band.
I told him, "Don't do it that way. You'll never make a dime."
I was there.
I was the first guy playing The Busters to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
Everybody thought I was crazy.
We all know.
I was there.
I was there.
I've never been wrong.
But I'm losing my edge to better-looking people with better ideas and more talent.
And they're actually really, really nice.
I'm losing my edge.
I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody.
Every great song by Joy Division. All the underground hits.
All The Sonics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Piero Umiliani record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a MC5 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Visage,
Mantronix,
Anakelly,
Easy Going,
ABC,
The Cure,
The Pop Group,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Joey Negro,
Banda Bassotti,
Tears for Fears,
Flamin' Groovies,
David Axelrod,
Steve Hackett,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Wally Richardson,
Minutemen,
Soft Machine,
Todd Terry,
The Angels of Light,
Monks,
Spoonie Gee,
Funkadelic,
La Düsseldorf,
Toni Rubio,
Althea and Donna,
Grey Daturas,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Sandy B,
Arab on Radar,
Joy Division,
Oblivians,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Crispy Ambulance,
Hardrive,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Eric Copeland,
Ultra Naté,
Minny Pops,
Sarah Menescal,
Neil Young,
The Doors,
Brothers Johnson,
Man Eating Sloth,
the Germs,
Chris & Cosey,
Gichy Dan,
Peter & Gordon,
DJ Sneak,
The Cramps,
The Mojo Men,
Depeche Mode,
Tubeway Army,
The Fortunes,
Scientists,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Bang On A Can,
Lalo Schifrin,
Barclay James Harvest,
Pussy Galore,
Kenny Larkin,
Television Personalities, Television Personalities, Television Personalities, Television Personalities.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.