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 Malta and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Raincoats to the dance 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 Moebius. All the underground hits.
All Tim Buckley tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every X-Ray Spex record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a UT record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Roxette,
Jawbox,
Kerrie Biddell,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Model 500,
The Human League,
JFA,
Tim Buckley,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Joe Finger,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Junior Murvin,
Harmonia,
the Sonics,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Silicon Teens,
Hasil Adkins,
Subhumans,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Mantronix,
Gang of Four,
The Barracudas,
Rod Modell,
Davy DMX,
cv313,
Alice Coltrane,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Zero Boys,
a-ha,
Gerry Rafferty,
Quando Quango,
The Beau Brummels,
Kevin Saunderson,
X-102,
Magma,
Mo-Dettes,
Slave,
Sonny Sharrock,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Hot Snakes,
Minutemen,
Y Pants,
Black Pus,
Grandmaster Flash,
10cc,
Siglo XX,
The Neon Judgement,
Camouflage,
The Shadows of Knight,
Sun Ra,
Tears for Fears,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Fugazi,
Rosa Yemen,
Roger Hodgson,
Clear Light,
The Index,
Freddie Wadling,
Stiv Bators,
Icehouse,
Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano.
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.