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 Brunei and from Edmonton.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Mars to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Pulsallama. All the underground hits.
All Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Godley & Creme 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Thee Headcoats record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Donald Byrd,
Stiv Bators,
The Dave Clark Five,
Cluster,
Joe Finger,
Severed Heads,
Skaos,
The Grass Roots,
Girls At Our Best!,
Goldenarms,
Agent Orange,
Scion,
Gang of Four,
Trumans Water,
Vladislav Delay,
Franke,
Charles Mingus,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Khruangbin,
Marine Girls,
Bluetip,
Urselle,
Max Romeo,
New Order,
Depeche Mode,
Ossler,
Grauzone,
Q65,
Mo-Dettes,
Sly & The Family Stone,
DJ Style,
Johnny Clarke,
Hoover,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Section 25,
Dennis Brown,
The Monks,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Magma,
Gang Gang Dance,
Outsiders,
Amon Düül,
Ultravox,
Metal Thangz,
Glenn Branca,
Arab on Radar,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
James Chance & The Contortions,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Evens,
The Techniques,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Skriet,
Lalo Schifrin,
Delta 5,
Qualms,
Lalann,
Motorama,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Zero Boys,
Theoretical Girls,
The Monochrome Set,
Derrick May, Derrick May, Derrick May, Derrick May.
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.