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 East Timor and from Delhi.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Offenders to the dance kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Notorious Big And Bone Thugs. All the underground hits.
All Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Angels of Light record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Spandau Ballet record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Leaves,
Alton Ellis,
Dennis Brown,
The Zeros,
Man Eating Sloth,
Robert Wyatt,
Make Up,
Pierre Henry,
The Durutti Column,
Soft Machine,
Jerry's Kids,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
John Cale,
Soul II Soul,
Eden Ahbez,
ABC,
The Trojans,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
One Last Wish,
Moss Icon,
Rosa Yemen,
Boogie Down Productions,
Popol Vuh,
The Toasters,
Jacob Miller,
Marine Girls,
Radio Birdman,
Ponytail,
Gang Gang Dance,
Section 25,
Duran Duran,
Intrusion,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Cure,
Sugar Minott,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Gories,
Lungfish,
Malaria!,
June of 44,
Sixth Finger,
Lou Reed,
Dave Gahan,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Happenings,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Jawbox,
The Associates,
Neu!,
Fear,
Second Layer,
Deakin,
The J.B.'s,
Quando Quango,
OOIOO,
Simply Red,
Wolf Eyes,
The Saints,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Sam Rivers,
Jandek, Jandek, Jandek, Jandek.
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.