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 Cyprus and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 The Knickerbockers to the crunk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Isaac Hayes. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ohio Players 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Richard Hell and the Voidoids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Chris Corsano,
Hasil Adkins,
The Cramps,
8 Eyed Spy,
Delon & Dalcan,
Newcleus,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Ultra Naté,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Malaria!,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Marc Almond,
Minny Pops,
Outsiders,
The Techniques,
Kayak,
Deepchord,
Sparks,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Wally Richardson,
Animal Collective,
Grey Daturas,
The Busters,
Panda Bear,
Motorama,
Model 500,
the Association,
Circle Jerks,
Lebanon Hanover,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Nas,
Letta Mbulu,
X-Ray Spex,
Juan Atkins,
LL Cool J,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Sight & Sound,
Connie Case,
The Saints,
Symarip,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Lou Christie,
The Remains,
Amon Düül,
Country Teasers,
Eric B and Rakim,
Echospace,
Vladislav Delay,
The Velvet Underground,
Lalo Schifrin,
Susan Cadogan,
Anakelly,
Spandau Ballet,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Ornette Coleman,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Althea and Donna,
Skarface,
The Litter,
The Raincoats,
Marcia Griffiths,
the Germs,
Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre, Harpers Bizarre.
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.