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 Kenya and from Lyon.
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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Lucky Dragons to the rap 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 Smog. All the underground hits.
All The Neon Judgement tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every John Holt record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Isaac Hayes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Bob Dylan,
Jeff Mills,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Evens,
Girls At Our Best!,
LL Cool J,
Jerry's Kids,
Sonic Youth,
Lou Reed,
The Neon Judgement,
Bobby Womack,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Nik Kershaw,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Barracudas,
Stereo Dub,
Donny Hathaway,
Josef K,
The Sonics,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Moby Grape,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Monks,
The Moleskins,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Procol Harum,
Pussy Galore,
Anthony Braxton,
Pagans,
Niagra,
Saccharine Trust,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Toasters,
Ponytail,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Steve Hackett,
Public Enemy,
Loose Ends,
Sun Ra,
the Germs,
One Last Wish,
Half Japanese,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Gang Starr,
Icehouse,
Iggy Pop,
The Invisible,
Sun City Girls,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Bang On A Can,
The Gories,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Pole,
Supertramp,
The Gap Band,
Au Pairs,
Guru Guru,
OOIOO,
The Leaves,
Duran Duran,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.