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 Swaziland and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Monks to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Von Mondo. All the underground hits.
All Lyres tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Walker Brothers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 sitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Swans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soft Cell,
OOIOO,
These Immortal Souls,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The American Breed,
The Walker Brothers,
Drive Like Jehu,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Terry Callier,
Basic Channel,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Au Pairs,
Neu!,
Faraquet,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Johnny Clarke,
Mad Mike,
The Golliwogs,
Juan Atkins,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Electric Prunes,
Animal Collective,
The Birthday Party,
Kevin Saunderson,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Cure,
Oneida,
Sällskapet,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Doobie Brothers,
Derrick May,
Babytalk,
Vladislav Delay,
Bluetip,
Deakin,
Pierre Henry,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Andrew Hill,
Jesper Dahlback,
Michelle Simonal,
A Certain Ratio,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Jeru the Damaja,
Lucky Dragons,
Jeff Lynne,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Excepter,
Joe Finger,
Moby Grape,
Pole,
Unwound,
Cheater Slicks,
Fear,
Alison Limerick,
Mary Jane Girls,
Gerry Rafferty,
D'Angelo,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Derrick Morgan,
Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!.
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.