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 St Lucia and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Glasgow.
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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Thee Headcoats to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Eyeless In Gaza. All the underground hits.
All Angels of Light & Akron/Family tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Idris Muhammad 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soft Cell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Inner City,
Alison Limerick,
Babytalk,
Niagra,
These Immortal Souls,
Delon & Dalcan,
World's Most,
Scrapy,
Circle Jerks,
Idris Muhammad,
Pussy Galore,
The Fuzztones,
Derrick May,
Glenn Branca,
Graham Central Station,
The Angels of Light,
Grey Daturas,
Eden Ahbez,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
John Cale,
Oneida,
Cecil Taylor,
Deakin,
The Zeros,
Flash Fearless,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Severed Heads,
Masters at Work,
The Barracudas,
Josef K,
Crispy Ambulance,
Gang of Four,
Minnie Riperton,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Happenings,
Maurizio,
Barbara Tucker,
The Count Five,
Marmalade,
Kaleidoscope,
Jacques Brel,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Stockholm Monsters,
Joe Smooth,
Neil Young,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Jerry's Kids,
Soul II Soul,
The Alarm Clocks,
The Doors,
Underground Resistance,
X-Ray Spex,
The Pop Group,
Von Mondo,
Rekid,
Lyres,
Mantronix,
Jesper Dahlback,
Eli Mardock,
Amon Düül, Amon Düül, Amon Düül, Amon Düül.
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.