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 Paraguay and from Glasgow.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Salvador.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
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 Bauhaus to the funk 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 Bill Near. All the underground hits.
All Boredoms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Basic Channel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 mellotron and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Dave Clark Five record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Swans,
The Sonics,
Connie Case,
Steve Hackett,
Bob Dylan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Livin' Joy,
Kool Moe Dee,
Terrestrial Tones,
Harpers Bizarre,
U.S. Maple,
Susan Cadogan,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Boogie Down Productions,
Harmonia,
The Skatalites,
Fatback Band,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Johnny Clarke,
Fluxion,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Blues Magoos,
Wire,
Qualms,
Stereo Dub,
Tropical Tobacco,
Godley & Creme,
Mary Jane Girls,
Drive Like Jehu,
Grandmaster Flash,
Neil Young,
New York Dolls,
Mars,
The Electric Prunes,
Eric Dolphy,
ABC,
The Invisible,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Monochrome Set,
Sonic Youth,
Junior Murvin,
PIL,
Mission of Burma,
The Sound,
Minor Threat,
Radiohead,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Infiniti,
Robert Wyatt,
Cybotron,
Alton Ellis,
The Doors,
Slick Rick,
Adolescents,
Blake Baxter,
Oneida,
Audionom,
Pharoah Sanders,
Television Personalities,
Judy Mowatt,
The Evens,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes.
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.