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 Uganda and from Philadelphia.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 The Fortunes. All the underground hits.
All Art Ensemble Of Chicago tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DeepChord presents Echospace record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gary Puckett & The Union Gap record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
U.S. Maple,
The Modern Lovers,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Alison Limerick,
Susan Cadogan,
The Slits,
Suburban Knight,
Newcleus,
Ludus,
The Gun Club,
The Stooges,
Porter Ricks,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Sound,
Junior Murvin,
The Human League,
Simply Red,
Duran Duran,
Matthew Bourne,
Lucky Dragons,
10cc,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Dirtbombs,
The Fuzztones,
Deepchord,
Pagans,
Jacques Brel,
World's Most,
Skaos,
Tim Buckley,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
LL Cool J,
Jerry's Kids,
Brick,
OOIOO,
The Searchers,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Tres Demented,
Pet Shop Boys,
Traffic Nightmare,
Moebius,
Eric Copeland,
The Associates,
Little Man,
Kaleidoscope,
Drive Like Jehu,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Negative Approach,
Stereo Dub,
Gil Scott Heron,
Sällskapet,
John Cale,
The Red Krayola,
Technova,
The Seeds,
Neil Young,
Yusef Lateef,
Mary Jane Girls,
Prince Buster,
Groovy Waters,
the Fania All-Stars, the Fania All-Stars, the Fania All-Stars, the Fania All-Stars.
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.