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 Barbados and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Tommy Roe to the rap 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 Lucky Dragons. All the underground hits.
All Black Flag tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mojo Men record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 an organ and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sight & Sound record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roxy Music,
Thompson Twins,
The Star Department,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Little Man,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Malaria!,
Brand Nubian,
Steve Hackett,
Second Layer,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
La Düsseldorf,
The Buckinghams,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Wake,
Black Pus,
Chris & Cosey,
Popol Vuh,
Section 25,
Masters at Work,
Robert Wyatt,
Ice-T,
Colin Newman,
Harpers Bizarre,
Index,
Brick,
Ludus,
The Names,
kango's stein massive,
Morten Harket,
The Sonics,
The Shadows of Knight,
Mars,
Porter Ricks,
Buzzcocks,
Brothers Johnson,
Chris Corsano,
Todd Terry,
cv313,
Tears for Fears,
DJ Style,
Visage,
The United States of America,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Prince Buster,
Scrapy,
Tres Demented,
The Monochrome Set,
Flash Fearless,
Unwound,
Quadrant,
The Barracudas,
The Blues Magoos,
Intrusion,
Bobby Sherman,
Panda Bear,
Babytalk,
Easy Going,
Wasted Youth,
Jandek,
Scott Walker,
UT,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra.
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.