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 Switzerland and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Joensuu 1685 to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Neu!. All the underground hits.
All Eric Copeland tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Walker Brothers 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 theremin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Maleditus Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kango’s Stein Massive,
8 Eyed Spy,
These Immortal Souls,
Siglo XX,
The Offenders,
Soul Sonic Force,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Smiths,
One Last Wish,
Dennis Brown,
Gichy Dan,
The Doors,
Wire,
Junior Murvin,
Black Flag,
Organ,
Nils Olav,
Crime,
Joy Division,
Ronan,
Negative Approach,
The Fire Engines,
The Sonics,
Angry Samoans,
Grauzone,
The New Christs,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Names,
Cluster,
The Litter,
The Red Krayola,
Circle Jerks,
The Star Department,
Bobby Womack,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Cowsills,
Bootsy Collins,
Man Eating Sloth,
Piero Umiliani,
Letta Mbulu,
Dave Gahan,
Skaos,
Reagan Youth,
Soul II Soul,
Pylon,
The Human League,
Main Source,
Rites of Spring,
Lower 48,
Gong,
Ultravox,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Ituana,
Stockholm Monsters,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Yazoo,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Hashim,
June Days,
Spoonie Gee,
Lou Reed,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
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.