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 Colombia and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Technova to the techno 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 The Vogues. All the underground hits.
All Lightning Bolt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Trumans Water record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Unrelated Segments record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
These Immortal Souls,
Bill Near,
The Gap Band,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Ronnie Foster,
Massinfluence,
Carl Craig,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Joe Finger,
The Techniques,
Spoonie Gee,
The Slackers,
Camberwell Now,
Susan Cadogan,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Standells,
Babytalk,
Swans,
Glenn Branca,
Unwound,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Howard Jones,
Lyres,
The Young Rascals,
Nik Kershaw,
Brass Construction,
Deadbeat,
The Sonics,
Smog,
Curtis Mayfield,
A Certain Ratio,
Neil Young,
Bang On A Can,
Mars,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Aswad,
Marvin Gaye,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Connie Case,
Aaron Thompson,
Bootsy Collins,
Alice Coltrane,
Reagan Youth,
Neu!,
T.S.O.L.,
Aloha Tigers,
Clear Light,
The Music Machine,
Essential Logic,
Agitation Free,
Jesper Dahlback,
Max Romeo,
John Holt,
Bush Tetras,
MDC,
Ohio Players,
Drive Like Jehu,
Liaisons Dangereuses, Liaisons Dangereuses, Liaisons Dangereuses, Liaisons Dangereuses.
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.