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 Nepal and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 808 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 Deakin to the funk 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 Alton Ellis. All the underground hits.
All The Techniques tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Trojans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soft Cell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Lalo Schifrin,
Connie Case,
Radio Birdman,
Skaos,
The Human League,
Eli Mardock,
Derrick Morgan,
Rekid,
Stereo Dub,
Anakelly,
Au Pairs,
10cc,
The Dave Clark Five,
One Last Wish,
Scion,
Adolescents,
Unwound,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Thompson Twins,
Judy Mowatt,
Second Layer,
Average White Band,
Soul Sonic Force,
Wasted Youth,
Al Stewart,
Little Man,
The Red Krayola,
The Standells,
The Walker Brothers,
The New Christs,
Can,
Todd Terry,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Arcadia,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Heaven 17,
Flash Fearless,
The Martian,
Lungfish,
Rhythm & Sound,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Tres Demented,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Camberwell Now,
Livin' Joy,
Kurtis Blow,
Sun Ra,
Cal Tjader,
Prince Buster,
Jacob Miller,
Patti Smith,
Bill Wells,
Wolf Eyes,
Barbara Tucker,
Pantytec,
Clear Light,
PIL,
the Fania All-Stars,
Aswad,
The Cure,
Moebius,
The Mummies,
LL Cool J, LL Cool J, LL Cool J, LL Cool J.
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.