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 Paraguay and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 Notorious Big And Bone Thugs to the rock 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 Bush Tetras. All the underground hits.
All Shoche tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience 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 a guitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Q and Not U record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bill Wells,
Motorama,
Tubeway Army,
Masters at Work,
The Modern Lovers,
EPMD,
The American Breed,
Jerry's Kids,
Goldenarms,
Idris Muhammad,
Lakeside,
Siglo XX,
Eric Copeland,
Davy DMX,
Johnny Clarke,
Underground Resistance,
Rhythm & Sound,
Anakelly,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Duran Duran,
Section 25,
Los Fastidios,
Chrome,
Faraquet,
Pussy Galore,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Flash Fearless,
Infiniti,
Jimmy McGriff,
Suicide,
a-ha,
The Associates,
Barbara Tucker,
The Blues Magoos,
Pet Shop Boys,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Nico,
10cc,
The Fire Engines,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
kango's stein massive,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Flesh Eaters,
Roger Hodgson,
The Young Rascals,
Inner City,
Erykah Badu,
Toni Rubio,
Gabor Szabo,
Barclay James Harvest,
Bobby Byrd,
Derrick Morgan,
Bobby Sherman,
Desert Stars, Desert Stars, Desert Stars, Desert Stars.
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.