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 Armenia and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Lower 48 to the rap kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Todd Rundgren. All the underground hits.
All Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Normal record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mantronix record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Clear Light,
PIL,
The Fugs,
Guru Guru,
Audionom,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Visage,
New Order,
Massinfluence,
Harpers Bizarre,
Trumans Water,
The Barracudas,
Vainqueur,
Babytalk,
Circle Jerks,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Malaria!,
Scott Walker,
Bobby Womack,
Nick Fraelich,
Thompson Twins,
David Bowie,
Fear,
Mars,
Skriet,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Soul Sonic Force,
Matthew Bourne,
Michelle Simonal,
The Wake,
UT,
The Skatalites,
Jerry's Kids,
Byron Stingily,
Mad Mike,
Rotary Connection,
The Zeros,
Lyres,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Terry Callier,
Y Pants,
Fat Boys,
Peter & Gordon,
Icehouse,
The Black Dice,
Intrusion,
Moss Icon,
Bauhaus,
Bronski Beat,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Detroit Cobras,
Little Man,
Black Moon,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Dave Gahan,
The New Christs,
Roxette,
The Red Krayola,
Wire,
The Pop Group,
Gichy Dan,
A Flock of Seagulls, A Flock of Seagulls, A Flock of Seagulls, A Flock of Seagulls.
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.