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 Albania and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Mark Hollis to the jazz kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Association. All the underground hits.
All Nico tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nas record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a New Order record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Vladislav Delay,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Archie Shepp,
The Young Rascals,
Dorothy Ashby,
Pet Shop Boys,
Minnie Riperton,
The Detroit Cobras,
Technova,
Harry Pussy,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Birthday Party,
The Cramps,
The Dave Clark Five,
the Bar-Kays,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Pylon,
Quadrant,
The Fugs,
The Smiths,
The Red Krayola,
Blancmange,
Letta Mbulu,
Zero Boys,
Cameo,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Remains,
Sällskapet,
The Motions,
Los Fastidios,
The Blues Magoos,
Zapp,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Roxette,
Groovy Waters,
Radio Birdman,
Kaleidoscope,
The J.B.'s,
The Gap Band,
The Slits,
Q and Not U,
The Monks,
Accadde A,
Donny Hathaway,
Warren Ellis,
Man Eating Sloth,
Sparks,
Crooked Eye,
Frankie Knuckles,
Simply Red,
Pagans,
In Retrospect,
The Mojo Men,
Index,
Hardrive,
Gang of Four,
The Dead C,
Massinfluence,
World's Most,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Oblivians,
Selector Dub Narcotic, Selector Dub Narcotic, Selector Dub Narcotic, Selector Dub Narcotic.
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.