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 Malawi and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Copenhagen.
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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Jandek to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Outsiders. All the underground hits.
All The Names tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fugazi 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Neon Judgement record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Soulsonic Force,
Flash Fearless,
The Gladiators,
The Cramps,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Moleskins,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Pussy Galore,
Marvin Gaye,
Franke,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Tremeloes,
B.T. Express,
Depeche Mode,
Hardrive,
K-Klass,
Maurizio,
Sugar Minott,
Radiopuhelimet,
Sonic Youth,
Idris Muhammad,
Glambeats Corp.,
U.S. Maple,
Y Pants,
Carl Craig,
Sarah Menescal,
The Gun Club,
Vainqueur,
Moby Grape,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Masters at Work,
Groovy Waters,
Saccharine Trust,
X-102,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Modern Lovers,
Alphaville,
The Doobie Brothers,
the Sonics,
John Coltrane,
Erasure,
The Fugs,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Donny Hathaway,
Porter Ricks,
Lalo Schifrin,
Buzzcocks,
Whodini,
Skriet,
The Offenders,
The Slackers,
The Velvet Underground,
Derrick May,
Infiniti,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Rod Modell,
Junior Murvin,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Morten Harket,
The Dave Clark Five,
Moebius,
Reuben Wilson, Reuben Wilson, Reuben Wilson, Reuben Wilson.
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.