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 Chile and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Adolescents to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 EPMD. All the underground hits.
All Amon Düül II tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sunsets and Hearts record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 808 and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delon & Dalcan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
June Days,
Talk Talk,
Rosa Yemen,
New York Dolls,
Babytalk,
The Real Kids,
The Move,
Ronnie Foster,
Kaleidoscope,
Ohio Players,
The Monochrome Set,
The Selecter,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
LL Cool J,
Ken Boothe,
Colin Newman,
Roger Hodgson,
Gichy Dan,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Warsaw,
Desert Stars,
Hashim,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Young Rascals,
Barrington Levy,
Depeche Mode,
Sister Nancy,
Darondo,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Toni Rubio,
Drive Like Jehu,
Wolf Eyes,
Metal Thangz,
Skarface,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Radiohead,
Excepter,
The Last Poets,
Outsiders,
Dual Sessions,
Archie Shepp,
A Certain Ratio,
Godley & Creme,
The Martian,
Mantronix,
Cheater Slicks,
Joy Division,
Saccharine Trust,
Thee Headcoats,
Aural Exciters,
Agent Orange,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Neu!,
Adolescents,
Pussy Galore,
Warren Ellis,
Parry Music,
Bush Tetras,
T.S.O.L.,
Fugazi,
Lalann, Lalann, Lalann, Lalann.
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.