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 Russia and from Philadelphia.
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 1965 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Harry Pussy to the jazz 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 Youth Brigade. All the underground hits.
All Sexual Harrassment tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Five Americans 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Danielle Patucci record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Radiohead,
Sex Pistols,
Danielle Patucci,
Moebius,
Sonny Sharrock,
Roy Ayers,
Angry Samoans,
Bluetip,
UT,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Nils Olav,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Babytalk,
The Seeds,
Magazine,
Rufus Thomas,
Pagans,
Spoonie Gee,
The Slackers,
The Move,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Hashim,
FM Einheit,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Misunderstood,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Nirvana,
Black Moon,
The Electric Prunes,
The Doobie Brothers,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Henry Cow,
Loose Ends,
Amazonics,
Easy Going,
Panda Bear,
The Standells,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Lalann,
The Gladiators,
Lower 48,
Thompson Twins,
Nik Kershaw,
R.M.O.,
June Days,
Inner City,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Litter,
David Axelrod,
T. Rex,
Amon Düül,
Darondo,
The Mojo Men,
Pussy Galore,
Kerrie Biddell,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Rites of Spring,
Camberwell Now,
Cybotron,
Sad Lovers and Giants, Sad Lovers and Giants, Sad Lovers and Giants, Sad Lovers and Giants.
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.