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 Antigua and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Rufus Thomas to the electroclash 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 Ludus. All the underground hits.
All The Doobie Brothers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Parry Music 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Standells record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Crispian St. Peters,
The Doobie Brothers,
the Bar-Kays,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Rapeman,
One Last Wish,
Peter & Gordon,
Audionom,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Mad Mike,
Godley & Creme,
Talk Talk,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Real Kids,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Dave Gahan,
The Raincoats,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Minnie Riperton,
Skaos,
Magma,
Amazonics,
Urselle,
Reagan Youth,
The Knickerbockers,
Man Parrish,
Babytalk,
Marc Almond,
Prince Buster,
Deadbeat,
Kool Moe Dee,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Fire Engines,
Joe Finger,
Gang of Four,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Accadde A,
Terrestrial Tones,
Judy Mowatt,
Pole,
Howard Jones,
10cc,
Trumans Water,
Fad Gadget,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Oneida,
Gang Green,
Josef K,
Skarface,
The Black Dice,
The Moleskins,
The Sound,
Hot Snakes,
Darondo,
Bad Manners,
Camberwell Now,
Tomorrow,
Amon Düül,
The Human League,
Mars,
Sun City Girls,
The Five Americans, The Five Americans, The Five Americans, The Five Americans.
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.