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 Liberia and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Edmonton.
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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Black Flag to the disco kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 K-Klass. All the underground hits.
All Bronski Beat tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 an arpeggiator and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Grey Daturas record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jawbox,
MC5,
Soul II Soul,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Moss Icon,
K-Klass,
Cluster,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Audionom,
The Wake,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Dave Clark Five,
Crispy Ambulance,
Quantec,
Dawn Penn,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Bluetip,
Eli Mardock,
Cameo,
Agitation Free,
Gang Starr,
Terry Callier,
Connie Case,
Ituana,
The Standells,
Eric Dolphy,
Slick Rick,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Gastr Del Sol,
China Crisis,
Scratch Acid,
a-ha,
Von Mondo,
Kas Product,
The Techniques,
Talk Talk,
X-101,
Youth Brigade,
Tom Boy,
Sun City Girls,
Godley & Creme,
kango's stein massive,
Anakelly,
Chris Corsano,
Gang Gang Dance,
Kayak,
Crispian St. Peters,
John Holt,
Marshall Jefferson,
Cybotron,
The Moody Blues,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Names,
T. Rex,
Lou Christie,
Iggy Pop,
The Selecter,
David McCallum,
Alison Limerick,
FM Einheit, FM Einheit, FM Einheit, FM Einheit.
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.