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 Czech Republic and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1961 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Lyon.
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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Colin Newman to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Nico. All the underground hits.
All the Normal tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minor Threat record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Stooges record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jacob Miller,
The Fall,
Soul II Soul,
Davy DMX,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Zeros,
DJ Sneak,
Metal Thangz,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Steve Hackett,
Ornette Coleman,
Sixth Finger,
Eli Mardock,
Dennis Brown,
Lower 48,
The Count Five,
the Normal,
Ultimate Spinach,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Sonics,
ABC,
Colin Newman,
Arab on Radar,
Lightning Bolt,
Nils Olav,
Deepchord,
Eric Copeland,
Basic Channel,
Spoonie Gee,
The Fugs,
D'Angelo,
Reuben Wilson,
Kool Moe Dee,
the Swans,
X-Ray Spex,
Peter & Gordon,
Aloha Tigers,
Avey Tare,
Drexciya,
Jawbox,
The Walker Brothers,
Marcia Griffiths,
Judy Mowatt,
Pulsallama,
Crime,
Little Man,
cv313,
The American Breed,
Al Stewart,
Jeff Mills,
Graham Central Station,
Gerry Rafferty,
Dead Boys,
Y Pants,
the Association,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Charles Mingus,
Underground Resistance,
Faust,
Rotary Connection,
Marc Almond, Marc Almond, Marc Almond, Marc Almond.
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.