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 Tanzania and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and London.
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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the snare 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 Henry Cow to the rock kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Circle Jerks. All the underground hits.
All A Certain Ratio tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Royal Family And The Poor 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Throbbing Gristle record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Buckinghams,
The Young Rascals,
The Gap Band,
Matthew Halsall,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Rhythm & Sound,
Drive Like Jehu,
T. Rex,
Marshall Jefferson,
Delon & Dalcan,
Underground Resistance,
Rites of Spring,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Panda Bear,
Sexual Harrassment,
Bush Tetras,
Monks,
Marvin Gaye,
X-102,
Moebius,
The Mummies,
Roxette,
The Kinks,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The J.B.'s,
Michelle Simonal,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Accadde A,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Joensuu 1685,
the Association,
David McCallum,
Pulsallama,
Sonny Sharrock,
Circle Jerks,
Gastr Del Sol,
Donald Byrd,
Traffic Nightmare,
The Modern Lovers,
Spandau Ballet,
Terry Callier,
Camberwell Now,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Radiopuhelimet,
Malaria!,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Todd Rundgren,
Eurythmics,
Susan Cadogan,
Camouflage,
Sparks,
The Remains,
New York Dolls,
Pere Ubu,
The Blues Magoos,
Roger Hodgson,
Flash Fearless,
Kool Moe Dee,
James White and The Blacks,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.