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 Japan and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the snare 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 The Invisible to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Cure. All the underground hits.
All Ultravox tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Flesh Eaters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Newcleus,
Grey Daturas,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Curtis Mayfield,
Trumans Water,
Nation of Ulysses,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Lou Reed,
Alphaville,
Severed Heads,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lebanon Hanover,
Circle Jerks,
The Knickerbockers,
Sex Pistols,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Q65,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Sällskapet,
ABC,
Mary Jane Girls,
the Human League,
The Fugs,
Visage,
Roy Ayers,
Janne Schatter,
The Smiths,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Sisters of Mercy,
David Axelrod,
Quando Quango,
Quadrant,
Television Personalities,
Robert Hood,
The Beau Brummels,
Theoretical Girls,
KRS-One,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Fire Engines,
Eddi Front,
Electric Prunes,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Kaleidoscope,
Johnny Osbourne,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Golliwogs,
Basic Channel,
Q and Not U,
Gong,
Rhythm & Sound,
John Cale,
Charles Mingus,
Alton Ellis,
Panda Bear,
Aswad,
Terry Callier,
Skriet,
Ultimate Spinach,
Radio Birdman,
Index,
Malaria!,
Barbara Tucker,
Tears for Fears, Tears for Fears, Tears for Fears, Tears for Fears.
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.