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 Bahamas and from Beijing.
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 1968 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the organ 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 Groovy Waters to the grime 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 MDC. All the underground hits.
All the Association tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Seeds record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Hardrive record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hardrive,
David Bowie,
Cecil Taylor,
The Standells,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Invisible,
Lou Christie,
Sun Ra,
Lucky Dragons,
Radiohead,
Blake Baxter,
Laurel Aitken,
Amon Düül II,
Buzzcocks,
Negative Approach,
Ponytail,
Cheater Slicks,
Sparks,
Gang Starr,
The Human League,
The American Breed,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Litter,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Flash Fearless,
Kerrie Biddell,
Rhythm & Sound,
Harmonia,
Spandau Ballet,
Ten City,
Public Enemy,
Lalann,
Avey Tare,
Metal Thangz,
ABBA,
Ronan,
Barrington Levy,
Quadrant,
10cc,
Index,
Sonic Youth,
Barry Ungar,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Fugs,
Accadde A,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
U.S. Maple,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Gap Band,
The Last Poets,
Iggy Pop,
Soul II Soul,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Cybotron,
Television,
Theoretical Girls,
Delta 5,
Talk Talk,
Robert Wyatt,
Yusef Lateef,
The Gories, The Gories, The Gories, The Gories.
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.