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 Iraq and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Hardrive to the dance 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 Electric Light Orchestra. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Can record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 linndrum and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Music Machine record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Reagan Youth,
Quadrant,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Gap Band,
Marvin Gaye,
Bluetip,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Suburban Knight,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ken Boothe,
Barclay James Harvest,
Y Pants,
Jawbox,
The Wake,
Gil Scott Heron,
Anakelly,
Joey Negro,
Lindisfarne,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Last Poets,
Spandau Ballet,
John Coltrane,
Gang of Four,
ABBA,
Depeche Mode,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Sparks,
JFA,
The American Breed,
Ten City,
Smog,
Gabor Szabo,
Lucky Dragons,
Chris Corsano,
The Vogues,
Rhythm & Sound,
Connie Case,
This Heat,
The Dead C,
The Offenders,
The Walker Brothers,
The Invisible,
Dave Gahan,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Ronan,
Fad Gadget,
Skriet,
Pantaleimon,
Bang On A Can,
Marine Girls,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
June Days,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Ponytail,
The Happenings,
Ralphi Rosario,
Gregory Isaacs,
Popol Vuh, Popol Vuh, Popol Vuh, Popol Vuh.
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.