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 Belize and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Monks 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 Al Stewart. All the underground hits.
All Lower 48 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fear record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a FM Einheit record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hot Snakes,
Pet Shop Boys,
Marc Almond,
Technova,
John Coltrane,
Kevin Saunderson,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
John Foxx,
T.S.O.L.,
Iggy Pop,
The Star Department,
Aural Exciters,
Chrome,
The Sound,
The Mummies,
Junior Murvin,
Traffic Nightmare,
Main Source,
The Searchers,
Panda Bear,
The Red Krayola,
Wire,
L. Decosne,
Tommy Roe,
Drive Like Jehu,
Black Bananas,
Glambeats Corp.,
Warren Ellis,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Outsiders,
Spoonie Gee,
Nirvana,
Matthew Bourne,
Motorama,
Davy DMX,
The Human League,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Divine Comedy,
Masters at Work,
Chris & Cosey,
Darondo,
Royal Trux,
The Standells,
The Five Americans,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Tubeway Army,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Lalann,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Althea and Donna,
Grandmaster Flash,
Nas,
Unrelated Segments,
Blancmange,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Theoretical Girls,
Jeff Mills,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.