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 Belarus and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Winnipeg.
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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the 808 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 Ultimate Spinach to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 New Christs. All the underground hits.
All Black Moon tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eyeless In Gaza record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a June of 44 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?
Groovy Waters,
Q65,
Alphaville,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Brothers Johnson,
Simply Red,
Andrew Hill,
Reagan Youth,
The Last Poets,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Outsiders,
The Leaves,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Althea and Donna,
Brass Construction,
Eddi Front,
Scientists,
Darondo,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Bizarre Inc.,
Eve St. Jones,
Sonny Sharrock,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Moss Icon,
Bill Wells,
Bill Near,
UT,
The Misunderstood,
Mr. Review,
Theoretical Girls,
The Cure,
Peter & Gordon,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Electric Prunes,
Henry Cow,
Sonic Youth,
The Zeros,
Oblivians,
Excepter,
The Monks,
Freddie Wadling,
Little Man,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Funkadelic,
Laurel Aitken,
Vainqueur,
Susan Cadogan,
Tears for Fears,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
MC5,
Arab on Radar,
A Certain Ratio,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
LL Cool J,
Bronski Beat,
Guru Guru,
Funky Four + One,
10cc,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.