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 Morocco and from Bologna.
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 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Nik Kershaw to the crunk 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 The Shadows of Knight. All the underground hits.
All Jandek tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every D'Angelo record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a CMW record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nik Kershaw,
Rites of Spring,
Television,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
8 Eyed Spy,
Deadbeat,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
China Crisis,
Curtis Mayfield,
Oblivians,
the Sonics,
Toni Rubio,
Flash Fearless,
Swell Maps,
Flipper,
Malaria!,
Bluetip,
CMW,
John Foxx,
Buzzcocks,
Bobby Sherman,
Gichy Dan,
Prince Buster,
Loose Ends,
Neil Young,
Rosa Yemen,
Davy DMX,
Radiohead,
DJ Style,
DJ Sneak,
The Associates,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Pharoah Sanders,
Moss Icon,
This Heat,
kango's stein massive,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Fifty Foot Hose,
T. Rex,
Junior Murvin,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Niagra,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Hasil Adkins,
Sun Ra,
The Standells,
Supertramp,
Eric Copeland,
Johnny Osbourne,
Lalann,
Ultravox,
Sixth Finger,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Names,
The Blackbyrds,
Banda Bassotti,
The Modern Lovers,
Barbara Tucker,
Jeru the Damaja,
New York Dolls,
Skaos,
Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario, Ralphi Rosario.
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.