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 Congo and from London.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the theremin 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 Stiv Bators to the rock 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 Terry Callier. All the underground hits.
All The Neon Judgement tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every In Retrospect 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cheater Slicks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Trumans Water,
Cal Tjader,
Jesper Dahlback,
Joe Finger,
Saccharine Trust,
Swans,
Warren Ellis,
Kevin Saunderson,
Underground Resistance,
Joey Negro,
The Techniques,
Dual Sessions,
Pierre Henry,
Oblivians,
Swell Maps,
Flipper,
Reuben Wilson,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Desert Stars,
the Slits,
Rhythm & Sound,
Interpol,
The Young Rascals,
Marcia Griffiths,
Dead Boys,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
PIL,
Anakelly,
The Saints,
the Bar-Kays,
Reagan Youth,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Barracudas,
Al Stewart,
Porter Ricks,
MDC,
The Mojo Men,
The Gories,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Slackers,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Peter & Gordon,
Neil Young,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
AZ,
Idris Muhammad,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
EPMD,
Intrusion,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Black Flag,
Fluxion,
F. McDonald,
Ronan,
DJ Style,
Prince Buster,
A Certain Ratio,
The Durutti Column,
Simply Red,
Lakeside,
The Cowsills, The Cowsills, The Cowsills, The Cowsills.
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.