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 Malta and from Halifax.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 organ 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 The Sound to the electroclash 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 Pet Shop Boys. All the underground hits.
All Robert Hood tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Brick 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a harpsichord 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 güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Music Machine,
Agitation Free,
Chrome,
Pharoah Sanders,
Isaac Hayes,
Royal Trux,
John Lydon,
Silicon Teens,
Shuggie Otis,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Lyres,
Flash Fearless,
The Gladiators,
Johnny Osbourne,
Gil Scott Heron,
Bronski Beat,
Camouflage,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Gun Club,
The Star Department,
Bobby Sherman,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
EPMD,
UT,
Black Moon,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Misunderstood,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Cure,
Andrew Hill,
Aaron Thompson,
Rapeman,
The Trojans,
Spandau Ballet,
The Vogues,
Newcleus,
ABC,
Crooked Eye,
Brand Nubian,
Glambeats Corp.,
Boz Scaggs,
The New Christs,
Minnie Riperton,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Adolescents,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Black Dice,
Thee Headcoats,
Girls At Our Best!,
Nas,
Gang of Four,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
JFA,
Ornette Coleman,
La Düsseldorf,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The Fuzztones,
Nico,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.