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 Iceland and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 theremin 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 Zapp to the punk 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 Patti Smith. All the underground hits.
All The Residents tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rhythim Is Rhythim record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Technova record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Moss Icon,
Mr. Review,
Pantaleimon,
ABBA,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Judy Mowatt,
Youth Brigade,
Make Up,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Man Parrish,
Susan Cadogan,
The Motions,
Jeff Lynne,
The Leaves,
Ralphi Rosario,
Bob Dylan,
Joe Finger,
Second Layer,
Delon & Dalcan,
Main Source,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Cal Tjader,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Dual Sessions,
Stiv Bators,
Jeru the Damaja,
Lower 48,
Subhumans,
Curtis Mayfield,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Lakeside,
Black Flag,
Mad Mike,
Man Eating Sloth,
Infiniti,
DJ Sneak,
Bill Wells,
Lindisfarne,
Wire,
Darondo,
Drive Like Jehu,
Lebanon Hanover,
Silicon Teens,
Todd Rundgren,
Skarface,
Junior Murvin,
Eric Copeland,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
U.S. Maple,
Throbbing Gristle,
One Last Wish,
The Slackers,
Flamin' Groovies,
Al Stewart,
Jeff Mills,
Ice-T,
The Gap Band,
Television Personalities,
Vladislav Delay,
Fugazi,
The Trojans,
The Dave Clark Five, The Dave Clark Five, The Dave Clark Five, The Dave Clark Five.
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.