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 Ecuador and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1960 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 DeepChord presents Echospace 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 Thee Headcoats. All the underground hits.
All Yaz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Zapp 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lucky Dragons record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bobby Hutcherson,
Sandy B,
JFA,
The Monochrome Set,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Television Personalities,
Eden Ahbez,
The Dirtbombs,
Suburban Knight,
Bronski Beat,
OOIOO,
Black Pus,
John Lydon,
The Slackers,
Juan Atkins,
The Trojans,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Grandmaster Flash,
Scan 7,
The Doors,
Cameo,
X-102,
Ponytail,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Young Rascals,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Marcia Griffiths,
Spandau Ballet,
The Black Dice,
Soulsonic Force,
Thompson Twins,
Monolake,
UT,
Panda Bear,
Roger Hodgson,
Little Man,
Boredoms,
Bauhaus,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Iggy Pop,
Monks,
The Smiths,
Grey Daturas,
Livin' Joy,
Roy Ayers,
Youth Brigade,
Ten City,
Delta 5,
Marmalade,
Guru Guru,
The Moleskins,
Dennis Brown,
David Bowie,
Pagans,
The Toasters,
Skaos,
Das Ding,
Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth, Sonic Youth.
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.