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 Solomon Islands and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 K-Klass to the techno kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Matthew Halsall. All the underground hits.
All Country Joe & The Fish tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Country Joe & The Fish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Wolf Eyes,
Johnny Clarke,
Dave Gahan,
Sarah Menescal,
The Birthday Party,
Minny Pops,
DJ Sneak,
B.T. Express,
Henry Cow,
Joensuu 1685,
The Smoke,
Stetsasonic,
T.S.O.L.,
Motorama,
Excepter,
Sällskapet,
kango's stein massive,
Magma,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Scion,
Ice-T,
The Cure,
Moby Grape,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Move,
Al Stewart,
Symarip,
Intrusion,
Peter and Kerry,
The Wake,
Sandy B,
Black Flag,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Donny Hathaway,
Warsaw,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Eric Dolphy,
Newcleus,
Pagans,
Gichy Dan,
Howard Jones,
The Red Krayola,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Massinfluence,
Circle Jerks,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
These Immortal Souls,
The Standells,
48th St. Collective,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Television,
The Victims,
Rosa Yemen,
Minutemen,
Underground Resistance,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Clear Light,
Make Up,
Boredoms,
The Modern Lovers,
Schoolly D,
Cameo,
Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance.
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.