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 Taiwan and from Salvador.
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 1967 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Hashim to the crunk 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 Royal Trux. All the underground hits.
All The Gladiators tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Fraelich record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rod Modell,
Aaron Thompson,
John Lydon,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
The Toasters,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Sandy B,
The United States of America,
Second Layer,
The Doors,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Monks,
Thee Headcoats,
Robert Wyatt,
Leonard Cohen,
Eric Copeland,
Pet Shop Boys,
Minnie Riperton,
Unrelated Segments,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Fear,
Vladislav Delay,
Marvin Gaye,
Grauzone,
Flamin' Groovies,
the Germs,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Stereo Dub,
Desert Stars,
The Skatalites,
Matthew Halsall,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Groovy Waters,
Iggy Pop,
The Names,
Trumans Water,
The Cowsills,
Hashim,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Colin Newman,
The Searchers,
Aloha Tigers,
The Fall,
Goldenarms,
Quadrant,
Motorama,
The Martian,
Ronan,
John Coltrane,
Fugazi,
Theoretical Girls,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Mark Hollis,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Motions,
Pantaleimon,
Magazine,
The Cure,
Jacob Miller,
La Düsseldorf,
Funky Four + One, Funky Four + One, Funky Four + One, Funky Four + One.
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.