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 Qatar and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the theremin 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 Thompson Twins to the jazz 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 Bootsy Collins. All the underground hits.
All Jandek tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Altered Images record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Livin' Joy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Country Teasers,
Archie Shepp,
Radio Birdman,
Marcia Griffiths,
EPMD,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Grass Roots,
Franke,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Matthew Halsall,
Monolake,
Sandy B,
Infiniti,
Groovy Waters,
Unrelated Segments,
Agitation Free,
Kerrie Biddell,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
a-ha,
Hardrive,
Grandmaster Flash,
Althea and Donna,
Terry Callier,
The Names,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Searchers,
Fugazi,
The Barracudas,
kango's stein massive,
Section 25,
Skarface,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Vladislav Delay,
10cc,
D'Angelo,
Second Layer,
The Monochrome Set,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Harry Pussy,
Derrick May,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Bob Dylan,
the Sonics,
Sam Rivers,
Judy Mowatt,
Rotary Connection,
Jeff Lynne,
Animal Collective,
Motorama,
Television Personalities,
Carl Craig,
Adolescents,
The Leaves,
Stetsasonic,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Basic Channel,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Symarip,
Brick,
Byron Stingily,
Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren.
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.