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 Thailand and from Bremen.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 L. Decosne to the crunk 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 John Lydon. All the underground hits.
All Ludus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every June of 44 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Godley & Creme record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
UT,
Deakin,
Joey Negro,
Visage,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Darondo,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
the Human League,
Archie Shepp,
Marvin Gaye,
Althea and Donna,
The American Breed,
Letta Mbulu,
Icehouse,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Joyce Sims,
The United States of America,
U.S. Maple,
The Mojo Men,
Grauzone,
The Blackbyrds,
Swell Maps,
Livin' Joy,
Unrelated Segments,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Blues Magoos,
Gichy Dan,
Jimmy McGriff,
Roxy Music,
The Music Machine,
Andrew Hill,
the Sonics,
Ponytail,
Freddie Wadling,
Duran Duran,
David Axelrod,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Faraquet,
X-102,
Stockholm Monsters,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Danielle Patucci,
Marc Almond,
Underground Resistance,
Oblivians,
Throbbing Gristle,
Japan,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Goldenarms,
Prince Buster,
The Doors,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Barclay James Harvest,
Matthew Halsall,
Nirvana,
Spandau Ballet,
Buzzcocks,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Das Ding,
Johnny Osbourne,
Tomorrow,
Black Moon, Black Moon, Black Moon, Black Moon.
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.