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 Estonia and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Wings to the disco kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Parry Music. All the underground hits.
All Soul Sonic Force tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gastr Del Sol record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 chamberlin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Michelle Simonal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Magazine,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Eli Mardock,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Mr. Review,
Monolake,
MDC,
The Toasters,
Vainqueur,
The Black Dice,
Al Stewart,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Jeff Lynne,
Jeff Mills,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Easy Going,
T.S.O.L.,
Pharoah Sanders,
Deepchord,
Wally Richardson,
Rufus Thomas,
Cymande,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
the Soft Cell,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The United States of America,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Ossler,
Skarface,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Das Ding,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Section 25,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Electric Prunes,
The Moleskins,
The Offenders,
Kenny Larkin,
Oblivians,
Wire,
DJ Style,
Eric Copeland,
The Misunderstood,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Neon Judgement,
John Cale,
New Age Steppers,
Franke,
The Leaves,
Delta 5,
Gregory Isaacs,
Morten Harket,
Lyres,
Soft Cell,
Sam Rivers,
The Monks,
E-Dancer,
Nirvana,
Jacques Brel,
Television Personalities, Television Personalities, Television Personalities, Television Personalities.
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.