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 Iceland and from Tokyo.
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 1967 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 the Human League to the rock 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 Toni Rubio. All the underground hits.
All Average White Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Isaac Hayes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Raincoats record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sonny Sharrock,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Scientists,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Raincoats,
Soft Cell,
Panda Bear,
Ultravox,
Rakim,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Music Machine,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Todd Rundgren,
Tom Boy,
Sister Nancy,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Rotary Connection,
Lightning Bolt,
Bill Near,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Qualms,
Thee Headcoats,
Steve Hackett,
the Fania All-Stars,
DJ Sneak,
The Fall,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Hashim,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Bizarre Inc.,
Hardrive,
One Last Wish,
David McCallum,
Cheater Slicks,
Aswad,
Erasure,
The Dead C,
The Litter,
Rites of Spring,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
the Human League,
Josef K,
In Retrospect,
Vainqueur,
Alton Ellis,
Joe Finger,
Skriet,
Jacques Brel,
Heaven 17,
Deakin,
Rufus Thomas,
Godley & Creme,
The Evens,
Minny Pops,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Tommy Roe,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Iggy Pop,
Babytalk,
E-Dancer,
Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis, Shuggie Otis.
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.