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 St Kitts & Nevis and from Sao Paulo.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 spring reverb 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 Echo & the Bunnymen to the punk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Rod Modell. All the underground hits.
All Throbbing Gristle tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Stetsasonic 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Glambeats Corp. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ 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 Motions,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
the Association,
Marcia Griffiths,
Skriet,
The Detroit Cobras,
Absolute Body Control,
Hoover,
Pylon,
Avey Tare,
Brand Nubian,
New Order,
Schoolly D,
Steve Hackett,
The Raincoats,
Public Enemy,
Archie Shepp,
Excepter,
the Slits,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Moody Blues,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Sandy B,
Chris Corsano,
Deakin,
Brass Construction,
Dual Sessions,
Tomorrow,
Kenny Larkin,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Von Mondo,
Peter and Kerry,
Pantaleimon,
Minor Threat,
Max Romeo,
Gang Starr,
Slave,
One Last Wish,
The Dave Clark Five,
Marine Girls,
The Divine Comedy,
Second Layer,
Dave Gahan,
The Litter,
Television,
Mission of Burma,
Yusef Lateef,
Funky Four + One,
Alphaville,
Toni Rubio,
This Heat,
Ralphi Rosario,
Subhumans,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Todd Rundgren,
Cybotron,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Soul Sonic Force,
Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force, Soulsonic Force.
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.