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 Nicaragua and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar 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 John Cale to the electroclash 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All James White and The Blacks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Urselle 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visage record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deakin,
The Martian,
Quantec,
EPMD,
The Evens,
Minor Threat,
the Soft Cell,
Popol Vuh,
The Black Dice,
X-101,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Chris & Cosey,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Blackbyrds,
Parry Music,
Gang of Four,
Ohio Players,
Matthew Bourne,
Mandrill,
The Buckinghams,
The Searchers,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Skriet,
Mary Jane Girls,
Half Japanese,
Jimmy McGriff,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Fuzztones,
Massinfluence,
Minnie Riperton,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Subhumans,
Fad Gadget,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Interpol,
Marshall Jefferson,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Easy Going,
Crispy Ambulance,
Maleditus Sound,
Peter & Gordon,
Roy Ayers,
Minutemen,
Reagan Youth,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
The Zeros,
Mantronix,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Throbbing Gristle,
AZ,
Man Parrish,
Von Mondo,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Toni Rubio,
Scan 7,
Talk Talk,
Boz Scaggs,
Bob Dylan,
Moebius,
Jandek,
Terrestrial Tones,
Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers.
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.