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 Slovenia and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the linndrum 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 The Fugs to the dance kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All Albert Ayler tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mummies 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a It's A Beautiful Day record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Main Source,
Excepter,
The Move,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Brick,
Groovy Waters,
John Lydon,
Jandek,
The J.B.'s,
Gichy Dan,
Goldenarms,
Bush Tetras,
Alton Ellis,
The Grass Roots,
Robert Görl,
Porter Ricks,
Donald Byrd,
Amon Düül,
Gang Green,
Anakelly,
Khruangbin,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Don Cherry,
Alphaville,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Buzzcocks,
Aaron Thompson,
Fugazi,
The Tremeloes,
Siglo XX,
Basic Channel,
Sarah Menescal,
Jeru the Damaja,
Ralphi Rosario,
In Retrospect,
ABBA,
This Heat,
The Star Department,
Arab on Radar,
Roxy Music,
Barry Ungar,
Hashim,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Detroit Cobras,
Boz Scaggs,
The Martian,
Agent Orange,
Quando Quango,
Peter & Gordon,
The Flesh Eaters,
Moebius,
Iggy Pop,
New York Dolls,
Icehouse,
Panda Bear,
The Divine Comedy,
Hardrive,
Gregory Isaacs,
Girls At Our Best!,
Ronnie Foster,
Robert Hood,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.