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 Monaco and from Calgary.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
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 Arcadia to the punk 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 The Invisible. All the underground hits.
All Youth Brigade tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Reagan Youth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Country Teasers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Swans,
Nirvana,
Surgeon,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Brand Nubian,
the Bar-Kays,
Peter & Gordon,
La Düsseldorf,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Little Man,
The Five Americans,
The Fortunes,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Pulsallama,
Camberwell Now,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Cure,
Brass Construction,
The Trojans,
Arcadia,
Gang of Four,
Marvin Gaye,
Joey Negro,
Delta 5,
FM Einheit,
MDC,
The J.B.'s,
Hardrive,
Man Eating Sloth,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Al Stewart,
The Index,
Black Sheep,
Q and Not U,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Fela Kuti,
Tres Demented,
Faust,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Rotary Connection,
Ronan,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Bang On A Can,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Skatalites,
Tubeway Army,
Mr. Review,
Moebius,
Motorama,
F. McDonald,
The United States of America,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Steve Hackett,
Nas,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Leaves,
Soulsonic Force,
The Misunderstood,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.