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 Nepal and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Gong to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Lalann. All the underground hits.
All The J.B.'s tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skarface 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tom Boy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Juan Atkins,
Wasted Youth,
Barbara Tucker,
Fugazi,
Todd Rundgren,
Grandmaster Flash,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Barry Ungar,
Rhythm & Sound,
Leonard Cohen,
Robert Hood,
The Human League,
The Mojo Men,
Audionom,
Jeff Mills,
Moebius,
K-Klass,
the Association,
Deakin,
The Fuzztones,
Fatback Band,
Ludus,
A Certain Ratio,
Cameo,
The Fall,
The Martian,
The Monochrome Set,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Neu!,
Black Flag,
Dawn Penn,
Subhumans,
Eve St. Jones,
The Pretty Things,
Intrusion,
Joy Division,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Ralphi Rosario,
Derrick May,
Archie Shepp,
Goldenarms,
Underground Resistance,
The Leaves,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Warsaw,
The Move,
Sister Nancy,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Wally Richardson,
Grauzone,
Ornette Coleman,
Soulsonic Force,
Spoonie Gee,
Minny Pops,
New York Dolls,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
David Bowie,
Radiopuhelimet,
Wolf Eyes,
The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers, The Doobie Brothers.
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.