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 Kuwait and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Jesus and Mary Chain to the rock kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Reagan Youth. All the underground hits.
All Lou Reed & Metallica tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tears for Fears record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Grey Daturas,
The Offenders,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Smoke,
FM Einheit,
A Certain Ratio,
Black Flag,
The Red Krayola,
Scott Walker,
Magma,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Stetsasonic,
Quadrant,
The Slits,
Frankie Knuckles,
Cybotron,
Mars,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Todd Terry,
Bill Near,
Man Parrish,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Scion,
Flash Fearless,
Zapp,
Kaleidoscope,
Ronan,
Nick Fraelich,
Harmonia,
Glambeats Corp.,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Bizarre Inc.,
Sight & Sound,
Prince Buster,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Robert Wyatt,
Jacob Miller,
Albert Ayler,
Wings,
Lalann,
Juan Atkins,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Marcia Griffiths,
Moss Icon,
MDC,
Dead Boys,
Young Marble Giants,
ABBA,
Vainqueur,
Organ,
Lindisfarne,
Max Romeo,
Moebius,
The Barracudas,
10cc,
The Velvet Underground,
The Vogues,
Thompson Twins,
The Golliwogs,
Black Sheep,
Neu!,
Jerry's Kids, Jerry's Kids, Jerry's Kids, Jerry's Kids.
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.