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 South Sudan and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Silicon Teens to the rap kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Joyce Sims. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 a harpsichord and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kings Of Tomorrow record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Yaz,
Ronan,
Surgeon,
Marshall Jefferson,
Jawbox,
Slave,
Ralphi Rosario,
New Order,
Dark Day,
K-Klass,
cv313,
Amon Düül,
Yusef Lateef,
Howard Jones,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Aural Exciters,
Soft Machine,
Interpol,
Donny Hathaway,
New Age Steppers,
Soul Sonic Force,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Livin' Joy,
John Holt,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Searchers,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Barracudas,
T. Rex,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Tears for Fears,
Junior Murvin,
Zapp,
U.S. Maple,
Fat Boys,
Sex Pistols,
The Doobie Brothers,
Camouflage,
Isaac Hayes,
The Fugs,
Harmonia,
Severed Heads,
Funkadelic,
Outsiders,
Lindisfarne,
John Foxx,
Prince Buster,
Minny Pops,
The Gun Club,
Banda Bassotti,
Ultra Naté,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Yazoo,
Intrusion,
Todd Terry,
Scott Walker,
Alison Limerick,
The Modern Lovers,
Cymande,
Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey.
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.