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 Mozambique and from Mexico City.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the linndrum 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 John Holt to the rock kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All Red Lorry Yellow Lorry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bronski Beat record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Icehouse record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
AZ,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Bang On A Can,
Anakelly,
The Smoke,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Move,
Peter and Kerry,
the Sonics,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Star Department,
Lalo Schifrin,
Faust,
The Pop Group,
Morten Harket,
The Monochrome Set,
Flipper,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Count Five,
Nils Olav,
Kool Moe Dee,
Traffic Nightmare,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Sound Behaviour,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Arthur Verocai,
Delta 5,
Man Parrish,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
the Swans,
The Sound,
The Martian,
Ronan,
Sarah Menescal,
China Crisis,
The Cramps,
Reagan Youth,
Darondo,
Cymande,
Aural Exciters,
The Real Kids,
Junior Murvin,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Archie Shepp,
Arab on Radar,
Pylon,
Tomorrow,
Bad Manners,
Prince Buster,
Rhythm & Sound,
Matthew Halsall,
Newcleus,
Accadde A,
La Düsseldorf,
Sexual Harrassment,
Gang Gang Dance,
Black Moon,
The Young Rascals,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.