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 Kenya and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Houston.
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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Warren Ellis to the grime 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 The Star Department. All the underground hits.
All Danielle Patucci tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Dirtbombs record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Basic Channel 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?
F. McDonald,
Sight & Sound,
Yaz,
Robert Hood,
ABBA,
Man Parrish,
The Trojans,
The J.B.'s,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Arcadia,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Yellowson,
Sparks,
Moss Icon,
Accadde A,
Groovy Waters,
Cecil Taylor,
Country Teasers,
Section 25,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Girls At Our Best!,
Bauhaus,
Lou Reed,
Circle Jerks,
Theoretical Girls,
Ralphi Rosario,
Sun City Girls,
Quando Quango,
Alphaville,
Kas Product,
The Dave Clark Five,
Rhythm & Sound,
Minor Threat,
In Retrospect,
Graham Central Station,
One Last Wish,
Man Eating Sloth,
Rod Modell,
Lucky Dragons,
Ronnie Foster,
The New Christs,
Qualms,
Joy Division,
Big Daddy Kane,
Peter and Kerry,
Gang Gang Dance,
Sandy B,
Brass Construction,
Derrick Morgan,
This Heat,
cv313,
Kool Moe Dee,
Gichy Dan,
Iggy Pop,
Rakim,
Mantronix,
The Slits,
Black Sheep,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Lalann,
Sarah Menescal,
The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy.
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.