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 Belize and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Major Organ And The Adding Machine to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 The Sound. All the underground hits.
All Jeff Lynne tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Liliput record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Drive Like Jehu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Unrelated Segments,
June of 44,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Gabor Szabo,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
John Holt,
Yazoo,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Godley & Creme,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Swans,
Television Personalities,
World's Most,
Talk Talk,
Frankie Knuckles,
Ultravox,
These Immortal Souls,
The Smiths,
This Heat,
Kool Moe Dee,
Scion,
The Moleskins,
Pierre Henry,
Agent Orange,
The Sound,
Main Source,
Porter Ricks,
Chrome,
The Dave Clark Five,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Moody Blues,
Nik Kershaw,
The Zeros,
Stockholm Monsters,
Half Japanese,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
John Lydon,
Kevin Saunderson,
Lalann,
Jimmy McGriff,
Q and Not U,
Nation of Ulysses,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Black Flag,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Basic Channel,
Neu!,
The Birthday Party,
EPMD,
kango's stein massive,
Easy Going,
KRS-One,
Aural Exciters,
Matthew Halsall,
The Fugs,
Carl Craig,
the Association,
Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions.
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.