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 Tanzania and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the guitar 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 Todd Rundgren to the dance 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 Chocolate Watch Band. All the underground hits.
All Sonic Youth tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Bar-Kays record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Swans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ronan,
The Kinks,
Fatback Band,
The Neon Judgement,
ABC,
David McCallum,
Saccharine Trust,
Nils Olav,
Nico,
Sugar Minott,
10cc,
Au Pairs,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sight & Sound,
Minutemen,
Quantec,
Donny Hathaway,
OOIOO,
Ken Boothe,
Reagan Youth,
The Young Rascals,
Outsiders,
Moss Icon,
Ice-T,
Ralphi Rosario,
Masters at Work,
Cybotron,
The Barracudas,
Anakelly,
JFA,
In Retrospect,
Todd Rundgren,
the Human League,
Bronski Beat,
Davy DMX,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Royal Trux,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Index,
Joensuu 1685,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Joy Division,
Lindisfarne,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Monolake,
Rod Modell,
Chrome,
The Last Poets,
Lou Christie,
Sex Pistols,
Kerri Chandler,
Scientists,
The Names,
Brass Construction,
Bluetip,
Gang Gang Dance,
Talk Talk,
Audionom,
Matthew Bourne,
Black Moon,
Nik Kershaw, Nik Kershaw, Nik Kershaw, Nik Kershaw.
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.