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 Guatemala and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Tommy Roe to the funk 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 X-Ray Spex. All the underground hits.
All Pulsallama tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Modern Lovers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Misunderstood record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dual Sessions,
Moebius,
Patti Smith,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Newcleus,
Rhythm & Sound,
Scientists,
Faust,
Unrelated Segments,
Terry Callier,
Dave Gahan,
Camouflage,
Boredoms,
Talk Talk,
Blake Baxter,
ABBA,
The Evens,
Marine Girls,
Maurizio,
Moss Icon,
The Knickerbockers,
Pet Shop Boys,
Echospace,
Second Layer,
Derrick Morgan,
Japan,
The New Christs,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Grandmaster Flash,
Alice Coltrane,
Rufus Thomas,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Metal Thangz,
The United States of America,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Sister Nancy,
The Fire Engines,
Lucky Dragons,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Agent Orange,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Slave,
L. Decosne,
Shuggie Otis,
The Sonics,
Quando Quango,
Bill Wells,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Soul Sonic Force,
Tears for Fears,
Wings,
Maleditus Sound,
Motorama,
The Doors,
Tubeway Army,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Black Moon,
Spandau Ballet,
The Gun Club,
Ronan, Ronan, Ronan, Ronan.
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.