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 Lebanon and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Carl Craig. All the underground hits.
All Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jerry Gold Smith 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kaleidoscope record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Trojans,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Sam Rivers,
World's Most,
Crash Course in Science,
Marshall Jefferson,
Amon Düül II,
Swell Maps,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Clear Light,
Kerrie Biddell,
Joe Smooth,
Joensuu 1685,
Radiopuhelimet,
John Holt,
Matthew Bourne,
Duran Duran,
The Fortunes,
Severed Heads,
Marvin Gaye,
Kas Product,
Drexciya,
Iggy Pop,
Kerri Chandler,
Blake Baxter,
Don Cherry,
The Evens,
Grey Daturas,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Cluster,
Isaac Hayes,
Au Pairs,
ABBA,
Dorothy Ashby,
Kurtis Blow,
The Cowsills,
Pere Ubu,
Alphaville,
Pharoah Sanders,
Ohio Players,
Adolescents,
the Association,
Ronan,
10cc,
Massinfluence,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
The Leaves,
Radiohead,
Mad Mike,
Index,
The Five Americans,
Flash Fearless,
Soft Machine,
Agent Orange,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Danielle Patucci,
The Birthday Party,
Jawbox,
Television,
Sugar Minott, Sugar Minott, Sugar Minott, Sugar Minott.
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.