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 Monaco and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Nils Olav to the punk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Bluetip. All the underground hits.
All A Certain Ratio tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Flag record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Motorama record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Swell Maps,
Au Pairs,
Duran Duran,
Ponytail,
Johnny Clarke,
Jawbox,
Y Pants,
The Move,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
The Fire Engines,
Letta Mbulu,
Negative Approach,
Warren Ellis,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Pretty Things,
A Certain Ratio,
Bronski Beat,
Fear,
Moss Icon,
Model 500,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Cheater Slicks,
Throbbing Gristle,
Patti Smith,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Wasted Youth,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Black Flag,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Fortunes,
Banda Bassotti,
Glambeats Corp.,
Joy Division,
Janne Schatter,
Quadrant,
Guru Guru,
The Monks,
Junior Murvin,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Arcadia,
Gil Scott Heron,
John Holt,
Todd Terry,
Metal Thangz,
The Alarm Clocks,
Gang Green,
Crispian St. Peters,
Kenny Larkin,
Hardrive,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Intrusion,
Chrome,
New York Dolls,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Seeds,
Chris & Cosey,
Joensuu 1685,
Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani.
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.