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 Greece and from Lille.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the güiro 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 The Litter to the jazz 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 Kool G Rap & DJ Polo. All the underground hits.
All Excepter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ituana record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 rhodes and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a CMW record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Harmonia,
The Shadows of Knight,
Barrington Levy,
kango's stein massive,
The Busters,
The Misunderstood,
The Tremeloes,
Skaos,
Marine Girls,
Camouflage,
Judy Mowatt,
Intrusion,
Chrome,
The Slackers,
Fad Gadget,
Underground Resistance,
Lungfish,
Youth Brigade,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Monks,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Walker Brothers,
Unwound,
Terry Callier,
Sun Ra,
Black Bananas,
Public Image Ltd.,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Letta Mbulu,
One Last Wish,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Ultravox,
Gong,
Nico,
Animal Collective,
Lower 48,
Morten Harket,
Ultimate Spinach,
Bizarre Inc.,
Dual Sessions,
Minor Threat,
The American Breed,
Scratch Acid,
Ludus,
Goldenarms,
Lalann,
MDC,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Rhythm & Sound,
Interpol,
Piero Umiliani,
Cluster,
Henry Cow,
X-101,
The Barracudas,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Second Layer,
CMW,
Ten City, Ten City, Ten City, Ten City.
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.