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 Cyprus and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Eyeless In Gaza to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Sunsets and Hearts. All the underground hits.
All The Human League tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Q and Not U 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an organ 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 marimba and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Average White Band,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Goldenarms,
Agitation Free,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Thee Headcoats,
In Retrospect,
Mark Hollis,
Graham Central Station,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Bluetip,
Chris Corsano,
The Blackbyrds,
John Lydon,
Lalo Schifrin,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Real Kids,
The Standells,
Girls At Our Best!,
Peter and Kerry,
The Seeds,
Zapp,
Lalann,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Sex Pistols,
Deepchord,
Eve St. Jones,
The Move,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Jacob Miller,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Moss Icon,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Cymande,
Adolescents,
Whodini,
Scan 7,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
John Coltrane,
Easy Going,
Faraquet,
The Mojo Men,
Quando Quango,
Pantaleimon,
John Holt,
Television,
kango's stein massive,
Gabor Szabo,
The Gories,
Eden Ahbez,
Grauzone,
Neil Young,
EPMD,
Camberwell Now,
AZ,
Alison Limerick,
Sällskapet,
Hashim,
New Age Steppers,
The Motions, The Motions, The Motions, The Motions.
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.