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 Swaziland and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Winnipeg.
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 synthesizer 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 Manfred Mann's Earth Band to the grunge 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 Nation of Ulysses. All the underground hits.
All 10cc tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Unwound 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 snare and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joe Smooth record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Toni Rubio,
Basic Channel,
The Cramps,
Schoolly D,
Nico,
Q65,
R.M.O.,
Gastr Del Sol,
Whodini,
Bobby Byrd,
Funkadelic,
Sun Ra,
Anakelly,
Index,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Barracudas,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Lower 48,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Pantaleimon,
Max Romeo,
Jawbox,
Patti Smith,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Derrick Morgan,
Niagra,
Animal Collective,
Tears for Fears,
Ponytail,
Juan Atkins,
Urselle,
Nirvana,
Radio Birdman,
Hasil Adkins,
Spoonie Gee,
Joey Negro,
Dave Gahan,
Terrestrial Tones,
Eddi Front,
June of 44,
The Moleskins,
Tubeway Army,
Roxette,
Skriet,
Minor Threat,
John Coltrane,
John Cale,
Tomorrow,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Count Five,
Swell Maps,
Kerrie Biddell,
The Searchers,
Blancmange,
Negative Approach,
Absolute Body Control,
Bootsy Collins,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Steve Hackett,
Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin.
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.