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 Canada and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 snare 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 Aural Exciters to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Lightning Bolt. All the underground hits.
All Aswad tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Spoonie Gee 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Vogues record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Divine Comedy,
Zapp,
The Techniques,
Icehouse,
Tres Demented,
The Index,
The Motions,
Mandrill,
Make Up,
Saccharine Trust,
Hasil Adkins,
Colin Newman,
Boredoms,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Joy Division,
Althea and Donna,
The Selecter,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Suicide,
Joe Finger,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Drive Like Jehu,
Qualms,
Quantec,
The Pop Group,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Monks,
These Immortal Souls,
Dave Gahan,
Altered Images,
the Soft Cell,
DNA,
Blossom Toes,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Aaron Thompson,
Technova,
The Residents,
The Gap Band,
The Smiths,
the Slits,
Public Image Ltd.,
Lyres,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
David Bowie,
The J.B.'s,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Moebius,
Accadde A,
X-101,
Jandek,
The Mummies,
Outsiders,
Sparks,
Donald Byrd,
Throbbing Gristle,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Barbara Tucker,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Jacob Miller,
Nico,
Urselle, Urselle, Urselle, Urselle.
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.