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 Benin and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Jeru the Damaja to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Excepter. All the underground hits.
All The American Breed tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Hoover record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Gories record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum 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?
Thompson Twins,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Throbbing Gristle,
Todd Rundgren,
Eric Dolphy,
Chris Corsano,
Monks,
The Alarm Clocks,
Kas Product,
FM Einheit,
Warren Ellis,
Cameo,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Buzzcocks,
The Fortunes,
The Seeds,
Gong,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Panda Bear,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Bad Manners,
Crispy Ambulance,
the Swans,
Robert Hood,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Negative Approach,
Aswad,
Black Sheep,
Quadrant,
Yaz,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Roxy Music,
Jeff Lynne,
Mars,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Gang Gang Dance,
Wasted Youth,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Kinks,
Vladislav Delay,
Mandrill,
Mark Hollis,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Country Teasers,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Donny Hathaway,
Cal Tjader,
Isaac Hayes,
The Birthday Party,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Scott Walker,
AZ,
Depeche Mode,
Godley & Creme,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Arthur Verocai,
Gil Scott Heron,
Theoretical Girls,
Yazoo,
Sonic Youth,
Das Ding, Das Ding, Das Ding, Das Ding.
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.