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 Libya and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and New York.
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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the clarinet 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 Ten City to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Pere Ubu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pantaleimon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minor Threat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Detroit Cobras,
Scion,
The Black Dice,
Gerry Rafferty,
Hasil Adkins,
Chris Corsano,
Lightning Bolt,
Lou Christie,
Malaria!,
Danielle Patucci,
10cc,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Human League,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Dual Sessions,
Soft Cell,
cv313,
Quando Quango,
John Coltrane,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Shuggie Otis,
Scientists,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Dennis Brown,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Angels of Light,
Metal Thangz,
The Knickerbockers,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Agitation Free,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
David McCallum,
The Blackbyrds,
Silicon Teens,
Josef K,
Peter & Gordon,
Fear,
OOIOO,
EPMD,
The Divine Comedy,
Yellowson,
T.S.O.L.,
Sound Behaviour,
The Fire Engines,
Rhythm & Sound,
Boredoms,
Howard Jones,
Joensuu 1685,
Davy DMX,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Amon Düül,
Charles Mingus,
Fluxion,
Clear Light,
Derrick Morgan,
Jesper Dahlback,
Buzzcocks,
Roxette,
Janne Schatter,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Young Rascals,
The Dave Clark Five, The Dave Clark Five, The Dave Clark Five, The Dave Clark Five.
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.