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 Egypt and from Seoul.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Agent Orange to the techno kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Infiniti. All the underground hits.
All a-ha tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Seeds record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 808 and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a a-ha record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Stooges,
Maleditus Sound,
The Standells,
DNA,
These Immortal Souls,
Roxette,
Dark Day,
Darondo,
Boz Scaggs,
Altered Images,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Jesper Dahlback,
Alison Limerick,
Marshall Jefferson,
Kayak,
Underground Resistance,
Scratch Acid,
Throbbing Gristle,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Offenders,
T. Rex,
Skriet,
Lungfish,
The Moleskins,
kango's stein massive,
Drive Like Jehu,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Youth Brigade,
Jeff Lynne,
Groovy Waters,
Schoolly D,
The Gap Band,
Agitation Free,
Gastr Del Sol,
Sight & Sound,
Soul Sonic Force,
Kerrie Biddell,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Sound Behaviour,
D'Angelo,
Todd Terry,
Harmonia,
Blancmange,
the Association,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Dennis Brown,
Accadde A,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
John Foxx,
KRS-One,
Aswad,
Symarip,
Ultravox,
Skaos,
Sarah Menescal,
Fugazi,
Sister Nancy,
Brick,
Girls At Our Best!,
Amazonics,
Zapp,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy.
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.