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 Dominican Republic and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1968 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the theremin 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 Vladislav Delay to the jazz 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 Throbbing Gristle. All the underground hits.
All The Doors tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Frankie Knuckles record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Real Kids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Reed,
June of 44,
Delon & Dalcan,
China Crisis,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Junior Murvin,
Flamin' Groovies,
Theoretical Girls,
Mad Mike,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Sparks,
Schoolly D,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Agent Orange,
Howard Jones,
Chris & Cosey,
Soulsonic Force,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Wasted Youth,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Visage,
The Evens,
Bush Tetras,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
R.M.O.,
Nico,
Easy Going,
Barrington Levy,
Brick,
Rod Modell,
The Cure,
The Walker Brothers,
Sex Pistols,
Soul II Soul,
Negative Approach,
Marvin Gaye,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Johnny Osbourne,
Shuggie Otis,
New York Dolls,
Lucky Dragons,
CMW,
Gerry Rafferty,
Echospace,
Skaos,
Organ,
Kerrie Biddell,
Spoonie Gee,
Lebanon Hanover,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Smiths,
Bad Manners,
Dennis Brown,
Von Mondo,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Fugs,
Reagan Youth,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Quando Quango,
Eric Copeland, Eric Copeland, Eric Copeland, Eric Copeland.
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.