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 Guinea-Bissau and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Pierre Henry to the rock 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 Ultra Naté. All the underground hits.
All June of 44 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every China Crisis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ponytail record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lakeside,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Angels of Light,
Pussy Galore,
Skaos,
The Buckinghams,
Connie Case,
The Zeros,
the Germs,
Judy Mowatt,
The Cure,
Black Bananas,
Arab on Radar,
Wally Richardson,
Brass Construction,
The Vogues,
Bronski Beat,
Radiohead,
Fad Gadget,
kango's stein massive,
Goldenarms,
Dave Gahan,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Black Moon,
Rhythm & Sound,
Groovy Waters,
Nirvana,
Swans,
Accadde A,
X-101,
Rotary Connection,
The Doobie Brothers,
Stockholm Monsters,
Eric Dolphy,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Metal Thangz,
Whodini,
Negative Approach,
Sonny Sharrock,
Ossler,
Donald Byrd,
Nick Fraelich,
Radiopuhelimet,
Bauhaus,
Frankie Knuckles,
Reagan Youth,
K-Klass,
Massinfluence,
The Saints,
The Birthday Party,
Barry Ungar,
The Fuzztones,
Camouflage,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Ronnie Foster,
Dorothy Ashby,
Albert Ayler,
Grey Daturas,
The Move,
The J.B.'s,
Jesper Dahlback, Jesper Dahlback, Jesper Dahlback, Jesper Dahlback.
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.