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 Moldova and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 New Order to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Ultra Naté. All the underground hits.
All The Skatalites tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bootsy Collins 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dennis Brown record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scott Walker,
The American Breed,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Little Man,
Rotary Connection,
kango's stein massive,
The Music Machine,
The Buckinghams,
The Victims,
E-Dancer,
John Coltrane,
Symarip,
Connie Case,
Jacob Miller,
The Slits,
June of 44,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Shuggie Otis,
Black Bananas,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Porter Ricks,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Radiopuhelimet,
Marmalade,
Ludus,
Kerri Chandler,
Arthur Verocai,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Jawbox,
Bluetip,
Gastr Del Sol,
Y Pants,
Colin Newman,
Eddi Front,
Scientists,
D'Angelo,
Rufus Thomas,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Metal Thangz,
Nico,
Scrapy,
Throbbing Gristle,
Black Sheep,
Lebanon Hanover,
Royal Trux,
Iggy Pop,
Moby Grape,
The Evens,
Delon & Dalcan,
Traffic Nightmare,
Von Mondo,
Lee Hazlewood,
John Lydon,
Intrusion,
Country Teasers,
Aural Exciters,
Ultra Naté,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Circle Jerks,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Marc Almond, Marc Almond, Marc Almond, Marc Almond.
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.