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 Colombia and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Neon Judgement 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 Angels of Light & Akron/Family. All the underground hits.
All Amon Düül II tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every John Lydon 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a London Community Gospel Choir record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Clear Light,
The Gun Club,
Adolescents,
Amazonics,
Rites of Spring,
James White and The Blacks,
Warren Ellis,
Icehouse,
The Barracudas,
Funkadelic,
The Velvet Underground,
Ultravox,
Soul Sonic Force,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Blues Magoos,
Alison Limerick,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Wings,
Harpers Bizarre,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
A Flock of Seagulls,
B.T. Express,
The Residents,
Moebius,
Neu!,
The Electric Prunes,
Television Personalities,
The Cowsills,
Smog,
Au Pairs,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Grass Roots,
PIL,
Lightning Bolt,
DJ Sneak,
La Düsseldorf,
Harmonia,
Ponytail,
Chris Corsano,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ultra Naté,
Joey Negro,
Interpol,
Loose Ends,
Avey Tare,
Bob Dylan,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Brothers Johnson,
Jandek,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Joyce Sims,
Minor Threat,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Doors,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Yazoo,
The Names,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Slave,
Newcleus,
June of 44,
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You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
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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.