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 Turkmenistan and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1962 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 arpeggiator 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience to the grunge 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 Janne Schatter. All the underground hits.
All Rhythm & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mojo Men record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Chocolate Watch Band record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Warsaw,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Quantec,
Erykah Badu,
Skaos,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Young Rascals,
Minutemen,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Zapp,
Tropical Tobacco,
Janne Schatter,
Patti Smith,
Public Image Ltd.,
Jerry's Kids,
The Associates,
Intrusion,
Nas,
Jandek,
Tubeway Army,
The Velvet Underground,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Liliput,
Wally Richardson,
Soul Sonic Force,
Donny Hathaway,
Drexciya,
Pylon,
Desert Stars,
Ituana,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Dead Boys,
Oneida,
Sight & Sound,
Avey Tare,
Dark Day,
Radiohead,
X-101,
Ultimate Spinach,
Drive Like Jehu,
Alphaville,
Todd Terry,
Peter and Kerry,
Ken Boothe,
Bluetip,
48th St. Collective,
Sonic Youth,
Terry Callier,
The Dave Clark Five,
Zero Boys,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Buckinghams,
Sugar Minott,
Fugazi,
Circle Jerks,
The Music Machine,
John Lydon,
The Divine Comedy,
Make Up,
Moebius,
Boogie Down Productions,
Country Teasers,
In Retrospect, In Retrospect, In Retrospect, In Retrospect.
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.