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 Eritrea and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 marimba 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 The Dave Clark Five to the funk 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 Fear. All the underground hits.
All In Retrospect tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Hood record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nick Fraelich record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Glenn Branca,
Kerrie Biddell,
New Order,
Soul II Soul,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Cluster,
Michelle Simonal,
Simply Red,
Alton Ellis,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Steve Hackett,
Underground Resistance,
T.S.O.L.,
Sparks,
Eve St. Jones,
Black Bananas,
Model 500,
Von Mondo,
Khruangbin,
Metal Thangz,
Johnny Osbourne,
Amon Düül,
Nils Olav,
The Fugs,
It's A Beautiful Day,
La Düsseldorf,
Surgeon,
Deadbeat,
Traffic Nightmare,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Nas,
Cheater Slicks,
The Martian,
Cameo,
Peter & Gordon,
R.M.O.,
Clear Light,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Skarface,
Mary Jane Girls,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
John Coltrane,
Frankie Knuckles,
Guru Guru,
Brand Nubian,
The Moleskins,
The Remains,
China Crisis,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Crime,
Pantaleimon,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Skriet,
Infiniti,
Sound Behaviour,
Dave Gahan,
Yusef Lateef,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Goldenarms,
Quantec,
Jandek,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Black Moon, Black Moon, Black Moon, Black Moon.
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.