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 Maldives and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 guitar 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 Rapeman to the techno kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Main Source. All the underground hits.
All Pet Shop Boys tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every UT record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Foxx record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Doors,
The Gun Club,
Throbbing Gristle,
Mars,
The Sonics,
Animal Collective,
Fad Gadget,
Henry Cow,
Derrick Morgan,
Stockholm Monsters,
Moss Icon,
Parry Music,
Silicon Teens,
L. Decosne,
David Bowie,
Ituana,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Fuzztones,
Peter and Kerry,
Tropical Tobacco,
Max Romeo,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Model 500,
Lalann,
The Blackbyrds,
Lungfish,
Byron Stingily,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Remains,
Gastr Del Sol,
Minnie Riperton,
New Age Steppers,
Bluetip,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Sound,
Babytalk,
Dave Gahan,
The Cure,
Public Image Ltd.,
ABBA,
Donald Byrd,
Girls At Our Best!,
Eric Copeland,
The Pop Group,
Sight & Sound,
Pantaleimon,
The Fall,
Jerry's Kids,
Jacques Brel,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Hoover,
Scrapy,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Schoolly D,
The Beau Brummels,
Danielle Patucci,
Pantytec,
The Golliwogs,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Metal Thangz, Metal Thangz, Metal Thangz, Metal Thangz.
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.