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 Finland and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the marimba 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 The Techniques to the punk 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 Easy Going. All the underground hits.
All Dual Sessions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Hood record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Supertramp record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
10cc,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Sam Rivers,
Das Ding,
Ossler,
The Leaves,
Circle Jerks,
The Slackers,
Joensuu 1685,
Peter & Gordon,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Ultimate Spinach,
Television,
David Axelrod,
Magma,
Niagra,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Dave Gahan,
Delon & Dalcan,
Moebius,
Zero Boys,
Brothers Johnson,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Rekid,
Johnny Osbourne,
Malaria!,
New Order,
Liliput,
Bang On A Can,
Radio Birdman,
Sarah Menescal,
the Germs,
kango's stein massive,
U.S. Maple,
Buzzcocks,
L. Decosne,
Sugar Minott,
Y Pants,
Frankie Knuckles,
Danielle Patucci,
Blossom Toes,
Mandrill,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Aural Exciters,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Jimmy McGriff,
Terrestrial Tones,
Gabor Szabo,
Ituana,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Traffic Nightmare,
The Cowsills,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Accadde A,
Mary Jane Girls,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Bauhaus,
Curtis Mayfield,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Man Parrish,
Wire,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch, Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch.
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.