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 Iran and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Steve Hackett to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Ludus. All the underground hits.
All Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Susan Cadogan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 chamberlin and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Archie Shepp record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gregory Isaacs,
Spandau Ballet,
Ten City,
the Human League,
Kas Product,
Donny Hathaway,
Dead Boys,
Josef K,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Pussy Galore,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Duran Duran,
Lower 48,
Throbbing Gristle,
Rotary Connection,
cv313,
Darondo,
Trumans Water,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Public Image Ltd.,
Livin' Joy,
The Offenders,
Jacob Miller,
Anthony Braxton,
Zero Boys,
Nik Kershaw,
Fugazi,
Au Pairs,
David Axelrod,
Brothers Johnson,
Piero Umiliani,
Nico,
Saccharine Trust,
Janne Schatter,
Spoonie Gee,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Mandrill,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Glenn Branca,
The Gap Band,
Lucky Dragons,
The Grass Roots,
Kenny Larkin,
OOIOO,
Byron Stingily,
Flamin' Groovies,
Sparks,
Arthur Verocai,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Slave,
Big Daddy Kane,
Skriet,
Index,
Marvin Gaye,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Erasure,
Bobby Byrd,
Negative Approach,
Gerry Rafferty, Gerry Rafferty, Gerry Rafferty, Gerry Rafferty.
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.