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 France and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic to the jazz 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 U.S. Maple. All the underground hits.
All Jacques Brel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DeepChord presents Echospace record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Terry Callier record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deadbeat,
John Foxx,
Lebanon Hanover,
Minny Pops,
Maurizio,
Scott Walker,
The Neon Judgement,
The Human League,
The Wake,
Black Pus,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
These Immortal Souls,
Popol Vuh,
Sandy B,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Mantronix,
Chris & Cosey,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
L. Decosne,
The United States of America,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Soft Machine,
Camouflage,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Eli Mardock,
Soul II Soul,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Rotary Connection,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Yellowson,
Stereo Dub,
The Flesh Eaters,
Joyce Sims,
Stetsasonic,
Freddie Wadling,
Pole,
Harpers Bizarre,
Adolescents,
Tim Buckley,
Moby Grape,
K-Klass,
Max Romeo,
Barclay James Harvest,
Connie Case,
ABC,
Moebius,
The Kinks,
Wasted Youth,
OOIOO,
Terry Callier,
Glambeats Corp.,
Ronnie Foster,
The Remains,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Tropical Tobacco,
Model 500,
Wolf Eyes,
Patti Smith,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.