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 Japan and from Paris.
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 1964 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Visage to the techno 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 Moby Grape. All the underground hits.
All The Pretty Things tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Outsiders record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sight & Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Massinfluence,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Raincoats,
Funky Four + One,
Monolake,
Swans,
Juan Atkins,
Eddi Front,
Freddie Wadling,
Vladislav Delay,
Agent Orange,
Yusef Lateef,
Wings,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Tres Demented,
Con Funk Shun,
10cc,
R.M.O.,
Joensuu 1685,
Cybotron,
Kas Product,
New York Dolls,
Skarface,
The Index,
Bizarre Inc.,
Alphaville,
The Names,
The Birthday Party,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Albert Ayler,
Skriet,
Slick Rick,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Angels of Light,
Darondo,
Sonic Youth,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Remains,
The New Christs,
Eden Ahbez,
cv313,
Johnny Osbourne,
Pylon,
The Neon Judgement,
Buzzcocks,
Chris Corsano,
Anakelly,
The Martian,
Lucky Dragons,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Blancmange,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Amon Düül,
Thompson Twins,
The Leaves,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Young Rascals,
Prince Buster,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Soul II Soul, Soul II Soul, Soul II Soul, Soul II Soul.
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.