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 Sri Lanka and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 linndrum 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 Delta 5 to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Television Personalities. All the underground hits.
All The Leaves tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Misunderstood record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 güiro and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Depeche Mode record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Dave Clark Five,
Boredoms,
Amon Düül II,
The Move,
Soft Cell,
John Cale,
Organ,
The Motions,
Jeru the Damaja,
Yaz,
New York Dolls,
Jerry's Kids,
Cecil Taylor,
Marine Girls,
The Gories,
Anthony Braxton,
Von Mondo,
Wolf Eyes,
Juan Atkins,
Crash Course in Science,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Lou Reed,
The Invisible,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Cameo,
Kayak,
John Coltrane,
Jawbox,
Faraquet,
The Sisters of Mercy,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Zero Boys,
The Saints,
Yusef Lateef,
AZ,
Byron Stingily,
Toni Rubio,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Pantaleimon,
Todd Rundgren,
Minor Threat,
Letta Mbulu,
Pussy Galore,
Wire,
Gerry Rafferty,
Ultimate Spinach,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Soft Machine,
Sex Pistols,
Jesper Dahlback,
Matthew Halsall,
Rod Modell,
Funkadelic,
Jandek,
One Last Wish,
Hardrive,
Donald Byrd,
Kas Product,
David Axelrod,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Neu!,
Can,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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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.