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 Thailand and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 guitar 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 Electric Prunes to the grime 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 10cc. All the underground hits.
All Soft Machine tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Larry & the Blue Notes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 an organ and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Divine Comedy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jandek,
Mr. Review,
Trumans Water,
Wings,
The Blackbyrds,
Vainqueur,
Drexciya,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Electric Prunes,
Lindisfarne,
Jeru the Damaja,
Brick,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The Human League,
Saccharine Trust,
H. Thieme,
Todd Rundgren,
Bobby Byrd,
Sällskapet,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Das Ding,
Barrington Levy,
The Names,
Massinfluence,
The Pop Group,
The Music Machine,
The Walker Brothers,
Rhythm & Sound,
Gang Green,
the Slits,
the Human League,
Bobby Womack,
Moby Grape,
The Neon Judgement,
Section 25,
Intrusion,
Morten Harket,
Shoche,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Kerri Chandler,
Thompson Twins,
Radio Birdman,
Depeche Mode,
The Mummies,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Trojans,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Make Up,
Spoonie Gee,
Lalo Schifrin,
Jeff Lynne,
La Düsseldorf,
Cecil Taylor,
The Grass Roots,
Man Parrish,
L. Decosne,
Second Layer,
Q and Not U,
Monolake,
The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals.
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.