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 Korea South and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Columbus.
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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Iggy Pop to the dance kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Gerry Rafferty. All the underground hits.
All Brothers Johnson 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jimmy McGriff record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fire Engines,
Ossler,
Metal Thangz,
Accadde A,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Amon Düül,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Alphaville,
Camouflage,
Moby Grape,
The United States of America,
The Slits,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
China Crisis,
Wolf Eyes,
OOIOO,
Hasil Adkins,
Little Man,
John Foxx,
Aural Exciters,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Neon Judgement,
Cheater Slicks,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Black Moon,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Alison Limerick,
Sonic Youth,
The Tremeloes,
The Doobie Brothers,
Model 500,
Todd Rundgren,
Grauzone,
Peter & Gordon,
Funky Four + One,
Chris Corsano,
X-101,
The Litter,
Trumans Water,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Juan Atkins,
Spoonie Gee,
The Electric Prunes,
JFA,
Visage,
Ten City,
Flamin' Groovies,
Quando Quango,
Babytalk,
Girls At Our Best!,
Harmonia,
Lucky Dragons,
The Happenings,
Throbbing Gristle,
MDC,
Letta Mbulu,
Howard Jones,
The Smiths,
La Düsseldorf,
Make Up,
Terry Callier,
Skaos,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.