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 Panama and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Neon Judgement to the funk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Outsiders. All the underground hits.
All Lou Christie tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rotary Connection 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 synthesizer and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Unrelated Segments record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kayak,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Charles Mingus,
Tres Demented,
La Düsseldorf,
Underground Resistance,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
June of 44,
Eli Mardock,
Swans,
Thee Headcoats,
Lyres,
Yusef Lateef,
Subhumans,
Patti Smith,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Babytalk,
Delta 5,
DNA,
Japan,
Pantytec,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Lebanon Hanover,
Harpers Bizarre,
A Flock of Seagulls,
This Heat,
Jerry's Kids,
Marc Almond,
FM Einheit,
Lindisfarne,
Agitation Free,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Bush Tetras,
Cecil Taylor,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Vogues,
The Divine Comedy,
Flipper,
Sugar Minott,
Cheater Slicks,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Soul Sonic Force,
Bill Wells,
Donald Byrd,
Black Moon,
Con Funk Shun,
Pet Shop Boys,
Wolf Eyes,
Matthew Bourne,
Grey Daturas,
The Martian,
The Zeros,
The Beau Brummels,
Newcleus,
L. Decosne,
Rhythm & Sound,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Marshall Jefferson,
cv313,
The Sonics,
Hasil Adkins,
Basic Channel,
The Five Americans, The Five Americans, The Five Americans, The Five Americans.
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.