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 Kazakhstan and from Lagos.
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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Nico to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Pantaleimon. All the underground hits.
All Ohio Players tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Litter 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter & Gordon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Crispian St. Peters,
Technova,
Chrome,
Rapeman,
The Zeros,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Livin' Joy,
Nick Fraelich,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Ludus,
Oblivians,
Soft Cell,
Simply Red,
Radiohead,
Intrusion,
LL Cool J,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Ten City,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
David Bowie,
Arab on Radar,
Mark Hollis,
Michelle Simonal,
Crash Course in Science,
Model 500,
A Certain Ratio,
Visage,
Grey Daturas,
The Trojans,
Smog,
Popol Vuh,
Radiopuhelimet,
Ralphi Rosario,
Quadrant,
Altered Images,
Scan 7,
Average White Band,
Easy Going,
Panda Bear,
Marcia Griffiths,
K-Klass,
Unrelated Segments,
JFA,
One Last Wish,
The Slits,
The Young Rascals,
The Litter,
Soul II Soul,
John Cale,
Jeff Mills,
Magazine,
Whodini,
Harmonia,
Quando Quango,
Joyce Sims,
Quantec,
Grauzone,
Sly & The Family Stone,
ABC,
The Associates,
Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz.
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.