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 Seychelles and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle show in London.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Glasgow.
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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Jandek to the rap 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 World's Most. All the underground hits.
All Visage tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Moon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 marimba and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sarah Menescal 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?
Thompson Twins,
Sixth Finger,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Gap Band,
Ultra Naté,
Absolute Body Control,
Bill Near,
John Foxx,
Black Moon,
The Dirtbombs,
Zapp,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Metal Thangz,
Pet Shop Boys,
Sun City Girls,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Buzzcocks,
Dual Sessions,
T.S.O.L.,
Scientists,
Outsiders,
Glenn Branca,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Litter,
Hardrive,
Stetsasonic,
Motorama,
Brothers Johnson,
Freddie Wadling,
Sonny Sharrock,
Television,
The Toasters,
Bush Tetras,
The Sonics,
The Busters,
Echospace,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Kenny Larkin,
The Electric Prunes,
Harpers Bizarre,
Fear,
The Doobie Brothers,
June of 44,
Niagra,
Big Daddy Kane,
Sällskapet,
Skriet,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Dark Day,
Jacob Miller,
Johnny Clarke,
The Raincoats,
Yellowson,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Circle Jerks,
Joey Negro,
Alison Limerick,
Lakeside,
The United States of America,
Faust, Faust, Faust, Faust.
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.