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 Peru and from Lille.
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 1962 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Black Moon to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Suburban Knight. All the underground hits.
All Intrusion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Flash Fearless record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Shuggie Otis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Neil Young,
Agitation Free,
Lebanon Hanover,
a-ha,
The Birthday Party,
Bush Tetras,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Max Romeo,
Model 500,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The New Christs,
Infiniti,
Yellowson,
The Gun Club,
Minutemen,
cv313,
Agent Orange,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
DJ Sneak,
The Wake,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
CMW,
Mission of Burma,
T. Rex,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
John Cale,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Young Rascals,
UT,
The Selecter,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Prince Buster,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Jeff Lynne,
Michelle Simonal,
Bobby Byrd,
The Leaves,
Nico,
Hasil Adkins,
Das Ding,
Isaac Hayes,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
ABC,
Bobby Womack,
Loose Ends,
Sister Nancy,
David McCallum,
Television Personalities,
Adolescents,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Dark Day,
Sandy B,
Lakeside,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Sällskapet,
Barbara Tucker,
Kenny Larkin,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Last Poets,
Lindisfarne,
Harry Pussy, Harry Pussy, Harry Pussy, Harry Pussy.
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.