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 Honduras and from Jakarta.
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 1964 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Letta Mbulu to the rock kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Strawberry Alarm Clock. All the underground hits.
All Warsaw tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Flash Fearless record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter and Kerry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Brick,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Lou Christie,
The Zeros,
Arthur Verocai,
Throbbing Gristle,
Sonic Youth,
Unwound,
Piero Umiliani,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
the Swans,
Stiv Bators,
Delon & Dalcan,
New York Dolls,
Pantytec,
Oblivians,
D'Angelo,
Spandau Ballet,
Con Funk Shun,
Popol Vuh,
Lebanon Hanover,
Funkadelic,
Mantronix,
Girls At Our Best!,
the Association,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Boz Scaggs,
Sarah Menescal,
Rekid,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Remains,
Josef K,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Trojans,
Roxette,
Circle Jerks,
Althea and Donna,
Babytalk,
The Gladiators,
This Heat,
Avey Tare,
The Happenings,
Index,
The Evens,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
ABBA,
The Doors,
Cluster,
Nils Olav,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Bob Dylan,
Pulsallama,
Vladislav Delay,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Pussy Galore,
Derrick May,
Ituana,
Monks,
Joe Smooth,
Jimmy McGriff,
Amon Düül II,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch.
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.