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 Chile and from Paris.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
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 Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra to the rap kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Crime. All the underground hits.
All Easy Going tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eddi Front record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 synthesizer and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Skaos record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
K-Klass,
The Real Kids,
Television Personalities,
Sight & Sound,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Gregory Isaacs,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Eric Dolphy,
Gabor Szabo,
Erykah Badu,
Donny Hathaway,
Severed Heads,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Golliwogs,
Ludus,
D'Angelo,
Soul II Soul,
Thompson Twins,
Newcleus,
Mad Mike,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Bang On A Can,
The Raincoats,
DJ Style,
Ken Boothe,
Faust,
Deadbeat,
Colin Newman,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Massinfluence,
Echospace,
Scrapy,
Suicide,
Cheater Slicks,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Saints,
Brick,
John Foxx,
Circle Jerks,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Althea and Donna,
Leonard Cohen,
The Skatalites,
Faraquet,
The Modern Lovers,
Animal Collective,
Marmalade,
Yazoo,
Outsiders,
ABC,
Flipper,
Deepchord,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Cure,
Groovy Waters,
Bobby Byrd,
Public Enemy,
The Busters,
The Victims,
Tears for Fears,
The Birthday Party,
The Wake,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.