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 United States and from Seoul.
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 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the guitar 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 The Stooges 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 Mantronix. All the underground hits.
All The Slackers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Motorama record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aaron Thompson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Urselle,
Ossler,
Faust,
Mark Hollis,
Hashim,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Slave,
Moebius,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Marine Girls,
Ornette Coleman,
Wings,
Throbbing Gristle,
Boogie Down Productions,
Cecil Taylor,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Joensuu 1685,
Sarah Menescal,
Neil Young,
Aswad,
Gang Starr,
Eurythmics,
Stetsasonic,
Sam Rivers,
Grey Daturas,
Con Funk Shun,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Yellowson,
Josef K,
Absolute Body Control,
Accadde A,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Agent Orange,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Surgeon,
Audionom,
Kool Moe Dee,
Q65,
The Leaves,
Goldenarms,
The Pretty Things,
Jimmy McGriff,
Royal Trux,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Chrome,
The Fuzztones,
Susan Cadogan,
Youth Brigade,
Excepter,
Faraquet,
Lungfish,
Intrusion,
Quadrant,
The Wake,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Ohio Players,
Liliput,
Soul Sonic Force,
X-102,
MC5, MC5, MC5, MC5.
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.