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 Canada and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1964 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 Robert Palmer 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 Deepchord to the rock kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Subhumans. All the underground hits.
All Stockholm Monsters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rufus Thomas 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Alphaville record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Massinfluence,
Arthur Verocai,
Mo-Dettes,
a-ha,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Zero Boys,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Mad Mike,
Andrew Hill,
Symarip,
Erykah Badu,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Jawbox,
Ten City,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Litter,
Monolake,
Roxy Music,
The Fire Engines,
Harpers Bizarre,
Black Flag,
Gang Gang Dance,
Josef K,
the Sonics,
Public Enemy,
Eric B and Rakim,
Oblivians,
Gastr Del Sol,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Blake Baxter,
Michelle Simonal,
Derrick May,
Rhythm & Sound,
Isaac Hayes,
Technova,
Rod Modell,
Piero Umiliani,
Trumans Water,
Reuben Wilson,
Cameo,
The Grass Roots,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Joyce Sims,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lyres,
Marvin Gaye,
Ken Boothe,
Television,
The Gap Band,
John Foxx,
Boredoms,
Sound Behaviour,
Desert Stars,
Icehouse,
Youth Brigade,
Scrapy,
Maurizio,
The Moleskins,
Nation of Ulysses,
Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers.
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.