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 Liechtenstein and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Glenn Branca to the rap kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Absolute Body Control. All the underground hits.
All Fad Gadget tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Vogues record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kas Product record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gerry Rafferty,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Real Kids,
Pylon,
ABC,
Fad Gadget,
Mo-Dettes,
The J.B.'s,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Eric Dolphy,
David Bowie,
Japan,
The Velvet Underground,
Intrusion,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Wasted Youth,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Spandau Ballet,
H. Thieme,
The Detroit Cobras,
Au Pairs,
EPMD,
The Five Americans,
Joe Smooth,
the Swans,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Smoke,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Sandy B,
Symarip,
Chris & Cosey,
Jimmy McGriff,
Saccharine Trust,
Jandek,
DJ Style,
Robert Hood,
Bob Dylan,
The Martian,
Alison Limerick,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Camberwell Now,
Lou Reed,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Alphaville,
the Slits,
The Blues Magoos,
Scratch Acid,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Animal Collective,
Whodini,
Flamin' Groovies,
Drexciya,
Nick Fraelich,
Deadbeat,
the Sonics,
The Move,
Bluetip,
Wolf Eyes,
New York Dolls,
10cc,
Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound.
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.