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 Guyana and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 arpeggiator 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 The Five Americans to the rock kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Siouxsie and the Banshees. All the underground hits.
All One Last Wish tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Siouxsie and the Banshees record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 snare and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Holt record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
New Age Steppers,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
John Lydon,
Carl Craig,
Jawbox,
Jimmy McGriff,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Tres Demented,
Joy Division,
Masters at Work,
Gang Gang Dance,
Can,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Patti Smith,
The Star Department,
Babytalk,
Aaron Thompson,
Reuben Wilson,
The Techniques,
The Monochrome Set,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Wings,
Maurizio,
Andrew Hill,
Pole,
Crash Course in Science,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Michelle Simonal,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Graham Central Station,
Grauzone,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Ituana,
Johnny Clarke,
The Motions,
Bill Near,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
New Order,
JFA,
Isaac Hayes,
Au Pairs,
Grey Daturas,
The Grass Roots,
E-Dancer,
Mr. Review,
Fluxion,
Drive Like Jehu,
Avey Tare,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Minnie Riperton,
Robert Hood,
OOIOO,
Fear,
ABC,
Outsiders,
UT,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Saints,
Radiopuhelimet,
Eden Ahbez,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth.
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.