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 Fiji and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1969 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Barbara Tucker to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Lalann. All the underground hits.
All June of 44 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Guru Guru record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Matthew Bourne record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Glenn Branca,
The Durutti Column,
Theoretical Girls,
The Dirtbombs,
Popol Vuh,
Sparks,
Piero Umiliani,
Bobby Sherman,
Scion,
Delta 5,
Scott Walker,
Rites of Spring,
Can,
Shuggie Otis,
Tres Demented,
Letta Mbulu,
John Cale,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Radio Birdman,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Delon & Dalcan,
Minny Pops,
Sarah Menescal,
Jesper Dahlback,
Mary Jane Girls,
E-Dancer,
Smog,
Saccharine Trust,
The Evens,
Brothers Johnson,
Marvin Gaye,
Chris Corsano,
Slick Rick,
Quantec,
Anthony Braxton,
The Gun Club,
Zero Boys,
Sonic Youth,
Agitation Free,
Stetsasonic,
The Associates,
Joy Division,
Lalann,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Steve Hackett,
The Tremeloes,
Rapeman,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Hot Snakes,
KRS-One,
Boogie Down Productions,
Leonard Cohen,
The Saints,
Fatback Band,
The Mummies,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
One Last Wish,
Make Up,
The Neon Judgement,
PIL,
New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers.
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.