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 Belarus and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 CBGB's.
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 David McCallum. All the underground hits.
All Smog tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The American Breed record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 an organ and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Cramps record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sonic Youth,
Bauhaus,
Lou Christie,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Easy Going,
Blancmange,
Soul Sonic Force,
Electric Prunes,
JFA,
Pharoah Sanders,
Hoover,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Joey Negro,
The Slackers,
The Grass Roots,
Bobby Womack,
John Foxx,
Spandau Ballet,
OOIOO,
Rhythm & Sound,
Average White Band,
Maurizio,
The Sound,
Cymande,
D'Angelo,
Alphaville,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Aswad,
Mad Mike,
Ultimate Spinach,
Jacques Brel,
Kayak,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Cowsills,
Monolake,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
PIL,
Peter and Kerry,
Gang Starr,
Davy DMX,
Supertramp,
MC5,
Faust,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Yazoo,
LL Cool J,
Tommy Roe,
Rapeman,
DJ Style,
Camberwell Now,
Skaos,
Sam Rivers,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Kerrie Biddell,
Lucky Dragons,
Danielle Patucci,
Jeff Mills,
Loose Ends,
Cecil Taylor,
R.M.O., R.M.O., R.M.O., R.M.O..
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.