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 Nepal and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle 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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience to the crunk 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 Blues Magoos. All the underground hits.
All Technova tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Young Marble Giants 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Grass Roots record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Association,
Shoche,
Blake Baxter,
The Gun Club,
Whodini,
AZ,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Make Up,
Pierre Henry,
Ice-T,
Lou Reed,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
John Holt,
The Skatalites,
B.T. Express,
Heaven 17,
Fear,
Section 25,
Minnie Riperton,
PIL,
Freddie Wadling,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Laurel Aitken,
New Age Steppers,
The Motions,
Pet Shop Boys,
Al Stewart,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Mr. Review,
Ultra Naté,
Rosa Yemen,
Ultravox,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Gong,
Camberwell Now,
DJ Style,
Cal Tjader,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Fuzztones,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Amon Düül II,
The Monochrome Set,
Pulsallama,
Jerry's Kids,
Anakelly,
Mandrill,
Donald Byrd,
Soul Sonic Force,
Hardrive,
Gastr Del Sol,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Alice Coltrane,
Skriet,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch.
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.