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 Canada and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Tehran.
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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the theremin 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 Newcleus to the punk 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 Matthew Bourne. All the underground hits.
All The Raincoats tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Human League 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quadrant record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Judy Mowatt,
Peter and Kerry,
The Sound,
Circle Jerks,
Ludus,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Stetsasonic,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Sonic Youth,
Vainqueur,
Whodini,
John Cale,
The Smoke,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Tubeway Army,
U.S. Maple,
Clear Light,
The Human League,
Minutemen,
Funkadelic,
OOIOO,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Siglo XX,
Japan,
Nils Olav,
The Remains,
Althea and Donna,
Fela Kuti,
The Knickerbockers,
The Star Department,
Agent Orange,
Smog,
Ohio Players,
Public Enemy,
Joyce Sims,
Godley & Creme,
Massinfluence,
Fluxion,
X-Ray Spex,
Brand Nubian,
Lyres,
Scratch Acid,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Alphaville,
Young Marble Giants,
Nik Kershaw,
Bobby Sherman,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Masters at Work,
Bluetip,
the Slits,
Ice-T,
Electric Prunes,
B.T. Express,
T. Rex,
Qualms,
FM Einheit,
Robert Wyatt,
Grey Daturas,
Popol Vuh,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Urselle,
The Evens,
Throbbing Gristle, Throbbing Gristle, Throbbing Gristle, Throbbing Gristle.
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.