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 Belize and from Delhi.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the organ 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 Absolute Body Control to the techno 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 Agitation Free. All the underground hits.
All Quadrant tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Michelle Simonal 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Cramps record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Todd Terry,
Faust,
Mary Jane Girls,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Rosa Yemen,
Bronski Beat,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Radiopuhelimet,
Wolf Eyes,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
the Normal,
Roxy Music,
Pulsallama,
Delon & Dalcan,
Model 500,
H. Thieme,
Yellowson,
Anthony Braxton,
DJ Sneak,
Bluetip,
Aswad,
Roger Hodgson,
Ken Boothe,
Nas,
the Sonics,
Metal Thangz,
Marmalade,
Alison Limerick,
The Names,
The Young Rascals,
The Human League,
Jandek,
UT,
Soul Sonic Force,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Toasters,
Kayak,
Lyres,
Bang On A Can,
Glambeats Corp.,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Associates,
kango's stein massive,
The Neon Judgement,
The United States of America,
Lower 48,
The Slackers,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Reagan Youth,
The Motions,
MC5,
Goldenarms,
Magma,
The Doobie Brothers,
Stetsasonic,
Grauzone,
The Index,
The Sonics,
The Dirtbombs,
X-Ray Spex,
Camberwell Now,
Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry, Pierre Henry.
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.