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 Cyprus and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Q65 to the disco 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 Pet Shop Boys. All the underground hits.
All The Mighty Diamonds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Moss Icon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Second Layer record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Peter & Gordon,
The Mojo Men,
The Fugs,
Grandmaster Flash,
Mission of Burma,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Sister Nancy,
The Techniques,
The Remains,
Minny Pops,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Circle Jerks,
Tommy Roe,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
K-Klass,
Rotary Connection,
Sällskapet,
Joy Division,
the Human League,
The American Breed,
Das Ding,
Thompson Twins,
Todd Rundgren,
The J.B.'s,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Ultimate Spinach,
Buzzcocks,
Soul II Soul,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Reuben Wilson,
The Real Kids,
The Beau Brummels,
Symarip,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Camberwell Now,
The Angels of Light,
Loose Ends,
Drexciya,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Erykah Badu,
Quadrant,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Cramps,
Tom Boy,
Basic Channel,
kango's stein massive,
Lungfish,
Chris & Cosey,
Metal Thangz,
Duran Duran,
Schoolly D,
Darondo,
Kas Product,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Fluxion,
Grey Daturas,
The Last Poets,
Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan, Dave Gahan.
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.