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 Sweden and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar 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 Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo to the rap kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Black Dice. All the underground hits.
All Pulsallama tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Residents 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Crooked Eye record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lucky Dragons,
Crispian St. Peters,
Hasil Adkins,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Brass Construction,
Nik Kershaw,
Country Teasers,
Ultra Naté,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Duran Duran,
Clear Light,
Sex Pistols,
Half Japanese,
Quadrant,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Yusef Lateef,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Matthew Halsall,
The American Breed,
The Gories,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Grauzone,
The Trojans,
Alice Coltrane,
Excepter,
Severed Heads,
New Order,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Delon & Dalcan,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Thee Headcoats,
Moby Grape,
Minor Threat,
Roy Ayers,
Colin Newman,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Sarah Menescal,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Sound,
Parry Music,
Wire,
the Human League,
Blancmange,
Brand Nubian,
In Retrospect,
Skriet,
David Axelrod,
Roxette,
Hardrive,
Saccharine Trust,
John Foxx,
Scrapy,
Connie Case,
Jandek,
Soul II Soul,
Black Pus,
Gabor Szabo,
Iggy Pop,
China Crisis,
Dorothy Ashby,
Lightning Bolt,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.