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 Portugal and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 Lille and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the sitar 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 Television Personalities to the crunk 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 The Fire Engines. All the underground hits.
All X-102 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Index 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rites of Spring record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Swans,
Roger Hodgson,
FM Einheit,
The Slits,
The Move,
Pantaleimon,
The Five Americans,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Black Flag,
Dave Gahan,
The Busters,
Simply Red,
The Fire Engines,
Throbbing Gristle,
Leonard Cohen,
Urselle,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Royal Trux,
Jandek,
Rod Modell,
The Raincoats,
Pussy Galore,
Livin' Joy,
The Detroit Cobras,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Doors,
Gerry Rafferty,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Velvet Underground,
Sonic Youth,
Ponytail,
D'Angelo,
Oneida,
Joe Finger,
Malaria!,
UT,
The Fuzztones,
Groovy Waters,
Funkadelic,
Mars,
Barclay James Harvest,
Y Pants,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Slave,
Nirvana,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Marvin Gaye,
U.S. Maple,
Byron Stingily,
The Gories,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
John Lydon,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Monochrome Set,
Mo-Dettes,
Lalann,
Yellowson,
Frankie Knuckles,
cv313,
Sparks,
Pet Shop Boys,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.