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 Taiwan and from Portland.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Houston.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Maurizio to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Sonics. All the underground hits.
All The Dirtbombs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Theoretical Girls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Drive Like Jehu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Walker Brothers,
Wire,
Yaz,
Fear,
Nick Fraelich,
The Selecter,
DJ Style,
Black Flag,
Simply Red,
Althea and Donna,
Stockholm Monsters,
Sam Rivers,
The Moleskins,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Eli Mardock,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Pantaleimon,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Adolescents,
Masters at Work,
Mars,
ABBA,
Bronski Beat,
The Pop Group,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Ludus,
Frankie Knuckles,
Q and Not U,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Susan Cadogan,
Derrick May,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Livin' Joy,
Boredoms,
Alison Limerick,
Harpers Bizarre,
Eric Dolphy,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Doors,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Moody Blues,
The Buckinghams,
Ronan,
T. Rex,
Fluxion,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Fad Gadget,
Soft Machine,
Flipper,
Alphaville,
The Count Five,
Thee Headcoats,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Cowsills,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Tom Boy,
Radiohead,
The Sonics,
In Retrospect,
Girls At Our Best!,
Sound Behaviour, Sound Behaviour, Sound Behaviour, Sound Behaviour.
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.