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 Armenia and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle 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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Vaughan Mason & Crew to the techno 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 Matthew Bourne. All the underground hits.
All Bill Near tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every KRS-One record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Erykah Badu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Organ,
Dawn Penn,
Steve Hackett,
Franke,
Byron Stingily,
Q65,
Cymande,
Sugar Minott,
Bizarre Inc.,
Glenn Branca,
Eve St. Jones,
kango's stein massive,
Minor Threat,
Matthew Bourne,
Pierre Henry,
Faust,
Whodini,
Desert Stars,
John Cale,
Motorama,
UT,
Ornette Coleman,
Warren Ellis,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Knickerbockers,
The Beau Brummels,
Rufus Thomas,
Metal Thangz,
Half Japanese,
Television Personalities,
Brothers Johnson,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Duran Duran,
Agent Orange,
Joensuu 1685,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Leaves,
The Tremeloes,
Curtis Mayfield,
Amon Düül II,
Archie Shepp,
Jesper Dahlback,
Hot Snakes,
Accadde A,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Robert Wyatt,
Groovy Waters,
a-ha,
Howard Jones,
Avey Tare,
Negative Approach,
One Last Wish,
Deakin,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rites of Spring,
Clear Light,
Michelle Simonal,
Laurel Aitken,
Jandek,
The Trojans,
DNA,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron, Terror Squad Feat. Camron.
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.