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 Taiwan and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Aswad to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 EPMD. All the underground hits.
All Lou Reed tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Icehouse record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Echospace,
Kayak,
The Fire Engines,
Roxy Music,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
H. Thieme,
Chris Corsano,
Brick,
Tropical Tobacco,
Camouflage,
The Evens,
Harmonia,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Moby Grape,
Stetsasonic,
Nas,
Erykah Badu,
David McCallum,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Camberwell Now,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Flipper,
The Trojans,
The Slackers,
The Litter,
Technova,
The Electric Prunes,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Marc Almond,
Davy DMX,
Aaron Thompson,
Colin Newman,
Marvin Gaye,
Tom Boy,
Joyce Sims,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Gang of Four,
Zero Boys,
Intrusion,
Alison Limerick,
Terrestrial Tones,
Basic Channel,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Bizarre Inc.,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Dead Boys,
Fela Kuti,
Tim Buckley,
The Dirtbombs,
Kaleidoscope,
Amazonics,
the Sonics,
The Selecter,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Steve Hackett,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Pet Shop Boys,
Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan.
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.