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 Ethiopia and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Hong Kong.
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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the guitar 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 Pantaleimon to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Graham Central Station. All the underground hits.
All Babytalk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Niagra record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a the Swans record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kenny Larkin,
Steve Hackett,
The Human League,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Harmonia,
Echospace,
Q65,
Marmalade,
Sam Rivers,
Reuben Wilson,
The Trojans,
The Motions,
The Seeds,
Yellowson,
Sparks,
Smog,
Massinfluence,
Kool Moe Dee,
Oblivians,
New Order,
The Dave Clark Five,
Agent Orange,
Zapp,
Lucky Dragons,
The Neon Judgement,
ABC,
The United States of America,
Chris Corsano,
Neil Young,
Lou Reed,
Henry Cow,
Kas Product,
Danielle Patucci,
Archie Shepp,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Agitation Free,
The Wake,
The American Breed,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Marcia Griffiths,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Johnny Clarke,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
10cc,
the Slits,
Skarface,
Maurizio,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Loose Ends,
The Mojo Men,
Pussy Galore,
Lou Christie,
PIL,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Rapeman,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
H. Thieme,
Fat Boys,
Groovy Waters,
Yazoo,
The Names,
Spoonie Gee,
Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth.
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.