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 Malawi and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 E-Dancer to the disco 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 Johnny Clarke. All the underground hits.
All Flipper tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pantaleimon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 linndrum and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Skarface record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bauhaus,
Saccharine Trust,
John Lydon,
The Pop Group,
Alphaville,
Johnny Clarke,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Quando Quango,
PIL,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Ronnie Foster,
Kenny Larkin,
The Fire Engines,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Gun Club,
Minny Pops,
Vladislav Delay,
Godley & Creme,
The Cramps,
Graham Central Station,
The Misunderstood,
The Standells,
Groovy Waters,
OOIOO,
Khruangbin,
Bush Tetras,
The Names,
Charles Mingus,
Circle Jerks,
Jeru the Damaja,
The Seeds,
Lebanon Hanover,
Robert Wyatt,
The Fall,
Lucky Dragons,
Masters at Work,
Jandek,
Kevin Saunderson,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Index,
Moby Grape,
Main Source,
Agent Orange,
Dave Gahan,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Can,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
the Soft Cell,
Mary Jane Girls,
Cymande,
Yellowson,
The Walker Brothers,
Boz Scaggs,
June of 44,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.