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 Venezuela and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 the Germs to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Radiopuhelimet. All the underground hits.
All The Birthday Party tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The J.B.'s 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Susan Cadogan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Human League,
Bad Manners,
Oblivians,
Motorama,
The Zeros,
The Fuzztones,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Cymande,
Duran Duran,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Techniques,
kango's stein massive,
The Slits,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
EPMD,
JFA,
Brand Nubian,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Dirtbombs,
Half Japanese,
Simply Red,
Vladislav Delay,
Jeff Lynne,
Depeche Mode,
Royal Trux,
Rhythm & Sound,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Drive Like Jehu,
Joey Negro,
Neu!,
Eric Copeland,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Angry Samoans,
Mo-Dettes,
It's A Beautiful Day,
John Lydon,
The Cure,
Siglo XX,
The Beau Brummels,
Country Teasers,
Yellowson,
Sex Pistols,
Alphaville,
Deepchord,
MC5,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Slackers,
Pet Shop Boys,
Prince Buster,
Robert Hood,
Agitation Free,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Infiniti,
Aswad,
Quantec,
Fluxion,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Rakim,
Eddi Front,
Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron, Louis and Bebe Barron.
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.