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 Guatemala and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar 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 Lyres to the jazz 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 Delta 5. All the underground hits.
All Rekid tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mighty Diamonds record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chrome record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Anakelly,
Moss Icon,
X-101,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Moody Blues,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Zero Boys,
Mission of Burma,
Cecil Taylor,
The Durutti Column,
Oneida,
a-ha,
the Soft Cell,
Lou Reed,
Boogie Down Productions,
Bang On A Can,
Parry Music,
Shoche,
The Birthday Party,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Fugs,
Brick,
Nico,
Reagan Youth,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Kool Moe Dee,
Crispy Ambulance,
Q65,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Shuggie Otis,
Cluster,
Ludus,
The Modern Lovers,
Mark Hollis,
Bob Dylan,
Lower 48,
The Gories,
Mr. Review,
Godley & Creme,
Peter and Kerry,
Althea and Donna,
The Fuzztones,
World's Most,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Pet Shop Boys,
Wolf Eyes,
Main Source,
AZ,
Circle Jerks,
Alphaville,
Adolescents,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Kayak,
Amon Düül,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Buckinghams,
Unrelated Segments,
Reuben Wilson,
PIL,
Crash Course in Science,
The Gladiators, The Gladiators, The Gladiators, The Gladiators.
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.