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 Venezuela and from New York.
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 1960 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 10cc to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Scrapy. All the underground hits.
All Moebius tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Godley & Creme record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 spring reverb and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Janne Schatter record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jeff Mills,
Bauhaus,
Dawn Penn,
the Human League,
Delta 5,
Urselle,
The Monks,
Fugazi,
Dorothy Ashby,
Hasil Adkins,
Lightning Bolt,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Patti Smith,
Magma,
Todd Rundgren,
Eddi Front,
Lebanon Hanover,
Soft Machine,
Pere Ubu,
Marc Almond,
Joensuu 1685,
Sex Pistols,
Joey Negro,
Man Parrish,
Robert Hood,
Franke,
Alphaville,
Drexciya,
Joe Smooth,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Tim Buckley,
Make Up,
Chris Corsano,
Silicon Teens,
Moss Icon,
ABBA,
Nirvana,
The Red Krayola,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Moleskins,
Half Japanese,
Crime,
Sound Behaviour,
Kerri Chandler,
Ice-T,
Unrelated Segments,
Black Pus,
Panda Bear,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
T.S.O.L.,
Mad Mike,
Junior Murvin,
Girls At Our Best!,
Mary Jane Girls,
Bizarre Inc.,
Traffic Nightmare,
Monks,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Electric Light Orchestra,
One Last Wish,
New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls.
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.