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 Korea South and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 theremin 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 Skaos to the rock 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 The Chocolate Watch Band. All the underground hits.
All Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Blues Magoos record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Godley & Creme record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Doobie Brothers,
The Tremeloes,
Brothers Johnson,
Blancmange,
The Angels of Light,
Goldenarms,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Grey Daturas,
New Order,
Susan Cadogan,
Fela Kuti,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Scrapy,
Technova,
New York Dolls,
Johnny Clarke,
Carl Craig,
La Düsseldorf,
Sarah Menescal,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Bill Near,
Symarip,
Sparks,
James White and The Blacks,
Roxette,
Byron Stingily,
Glambeats Corp.,
Alphaville,
Wings,
Rakim,
The Doors,
Q and Not U,
Brand Nubian,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Parry Music,
Boredoms,
Cal Tjader,
David Bowie,
Unwound,
H. Thieme,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Yazoo,
Peter and Kerry,
Kevin Saunderson,
Harmonia,
Steve Hackett,
Throbbing Gristle,
Talk Talk,
Bobby Byrd,
Lou Reed,
Amon Düül II,
Jesper Dahlback,
Fugazi,
Arab on Radar,
Fad Gadget,
Jerry's Kids,
Cecil Taylor,
Soul Sonic Force,
Lyres,
Mr. Review,
David McCallum, David McCallum, David McCallum, David McCallum.
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.