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 Lithuania and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1967 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 Aaron Thompson to the grime kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Curtis Mayfield. All the underground hits.
All Tears for Fears tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dennis Brown 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Subhumans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Smiths,
June of 44,
The Pop Group,
Rosa Yemen,
Scion,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Zeros,
Girls At Our Best!,
Janne Schatter,
Dave Gahan,
Tomorrow,
Echospace,
LL Cool J,
Moebius,
Brick,
OOIOO,
Fluxion,
Desert Stars,
Guru Guru,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Eden Ahbez,
Silicon Teens,
The United States of America,
The Invisible,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Man Parrish,
Camouflage,
cv313,
DJ Style,
Circle Jerks,
Grandmaster Flash,
Surgeon,
Joensuu 1685,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Slackers,
Eric Copeland,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Magma,
The Monks,
DJ Sneak,
Dennis Brown,
Sparks,
Jerry's Kids,
Susan Cadogan,
The Offenders,
Deadbeat,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Depeche Mode,
Monolake,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The Residents,
Lungfish,
Sister Nancy,
The Cure,
Cameo,
Sonic Youth,
Pere Ubu,
Maleditus Sound,
Minny Pops,
Magazine,
Marvin Gaye,
Shoche,
Swans,
Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies.
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.