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 Bolivia and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1969 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 güiro 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 Peter and Kerry to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Avey Tare. All the underground hits.
All Dave Gahan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every New Age Steppers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Wings record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
Johnny Clarke,
Minny Pops,
Charles Mingus,
Pierre Henry,
Eli Mardock,
Dawn Penn,
The Selecter,
The United States of America,
The Cure,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Stooges,
Eden Ahbez,
Robert Görl,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Soulsonic Force,
Lou Christie,
Eric B and Rakim,
Metal Thangz,
Reagan Youth,
The Toasters,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Patti Smith,
The Leaves,
The Victims,
10cc,
Radio Birdman,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Slick Rick,
Gang of Four,
This Heat,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Electric Prunes,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Barracudas,
Index,
The Durutti Column,
Scott Walker,
Bronski Beat,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Colin Newman,
Moss Icon,
Ken Boothe,
Talk Talk,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Basic Channel,
Stetsasonic,
Bobby Sherman,
The Vogues,
Deepchord,
Soul Sonic Force,
Loose Ends,
The Offenders,
Second Layer,
Davy DMX,
Peter & Gordon,
LL Cool J,
Gichy Dan,
Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan, Derrick Morgan.
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.