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 South Africa and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1961 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 The Standells to the rock 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 The Zeros. All the underground hits.
All Jeff Mills tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Monolake record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lyres record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sam Rivers,
Liliput,
The Barracudas,
Faraquet,
Ralphi Rosario,
Skriet,
Skarface,
Heaven 17,
Quadrant,
Zapp,
Lungfish,
Country Teasers,
Sarah Menescal,
Mr. Review,
Sound Behaviour,
kango's stein massive,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Con Funk Shun,
Big Daddy Kane,
K-Klass,
Kerrie Biddell,
Eli Mardock,
Section 25,
The Count Five,
Rod Modell,
New York Dolls,
Ohio Players,
Kenny Larkin,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Rapeman,
Sonic Youth,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Radiopuhelimet,
Charles Mingus,
Young Marble Giants,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Japan,
Tim Buckley,
R.M.O.,
Bad Manners,
Agent Orange,
Leonard Cohen,
Vladislav Delay,
Maleditus Sound,
Lou Reed,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The Real Kids,
New Age Steppers,
Neil Young,
Letta Mbulu,
Alton Ellis,
The Modern Lovers,
Peter and Kerry,
Radiohead,
The J.B.'s,
Altered Images,
Rotary Connection,
The Dirtbombs,
Arab on Radar,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Names,
Y Pants,
The Neon Judgement, The Neon Judgement, The Neon Judgement, The Neon Judgement.
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.