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 St Lucia and from Manila.
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 1968 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the 808 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 Ponytail to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Real Kids. All the underground hits.
All Outsiders tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Slick Rick record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Cure,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Soul II Soul,
Babytalk,
the Sonics,
Ossler,
Bill Near,
Pagans,
Sällskapet,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
MDC,
Grauzone,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Bootsy Collins,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Sun City Girls,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Moebius,
The Doors,
China Crisis,
Marine Girls,
Davy DMX,
Peter & Gordon,
Smog,
Cameo,
Al Stewart,
Cecil Taylor,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Maleditus Sound,
John Lydon,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Cramps,
Fluxion,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
48th St. Collective,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Isaac Hayes,
Flamin' Groovies,
Kas Product,
Flash Fearless,
James White and The Blacks,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
CMW,
Public Image Ltd.,
Q65,
Gang Gang Dance,
DNA,
Aaron Thompson,
Black Moon,
Hot Snakes,
Lindisfarne,
Bill Wells,
Bluetip,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Detroit Cobras,
Camouflage,
the Fania All-Stars,
Quando Quango,
Skriet,
Jerry Gold Smith,
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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.