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 Kiribati and from Glasgow.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 spring reverb 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 Ronnie Foster to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 FM Einheit. All the underground hits.
All Massinfluence tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gichy Dan 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sonny Sharrock record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Doors,
Echospace,
The Tremeloes,
cv313,
Pylon,
Los Fastidios,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Maurizio,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Minny Pops,
Maleditus Sound,
June of 44,
Piero Umiliani,
Deakin,
Pantaleimon,
The Litter,
Motorama,
Infiniti,
Patti Smith,
Loose Ends,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Harpers Bizarre,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Dave Gahan,
Mark Hollis,
Eddi Front,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Visage,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Fela Kuti,
Lalann,
New York Dolls,
Eurythmics,
Lalo Schifrin,
Television Personalities,
Letta Mbulu,
Sonny Sharrock,
Monks,
Lower 48,
ABC,
Ultimate Spinach,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Metal Thangz,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Wally Richardson,
Wire,
The Vogues,
Dennis Brown,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Misunderstood,
Parry Music,
Al Stewart,
Lou Christie,
Quando Quango,
Peter & Gordon,
Thee Headcoats,
Bauhaus,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Howard Jones,
Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker, Barbara Tucker.
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.