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 Spain and from Sao Paulo.
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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Lizzy Mercier Descloux to the grunge 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 Chris & Cosey. All the underground hits.
All New Age Steppers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Duran Duran record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Pulsallama,
Kerri Chandler,
Tres Demented,
ABC,
James White and The Blacks,
Fugazi,
Echospace,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
cv313,
Ponytail,
Crime,
Clear Light,
Slick Rick,
Matthew Halsall,
Byron Stingily,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Kevin Saunderson,
Lee Hazlewood,
Radio Birdman,
Albert Ayler,
The Happenings,
The Skatalites,
Popol Vuh,
The Raincoats,
Iggy Pop,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Morten Harket,
kango's stein massive,
Joe Smooth,
China Crisis,
The Flesh Eaters,
Ituana,
Delta 5,
Delon & Dalcan,
Yellowson,
Bad Manners,
Josef K,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Zapp,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Half Japanese,
Kurtis Blow,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Chrome,
Rosa Yemen,
New Age Steppers,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Mad Mike,
Wally Richardson,
Nirvana,
The Gun Club,
The Sound,
Soft Machine,
Ultimate Spinach,
Mr. Review,
The Seeds,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Vogues, The Vogues, The Vogues, The Vogues.
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.