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 Hungary 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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Grandmaster Flash to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 the Human League. All the underground hits.
All The Zeros tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan 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 an organ and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Louis and Bebe Barron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Idris Muhammad,
Quadrant,
Grandmaster Flash,
Tom Boy,
Alison Limerick,
Lightning Bolt,
The Invisible,
Essential Logic,
Tommy Roe,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Remains,
Ronnie Foster,
Johnny Clarke,
a-ha,
Johnny Osbourne,
Boogie Down Productions,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Alphaville,
Franke,
Swell Maps,
Skaos,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Newcleus,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Fad Gadget,
Dead Boys,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Minny Pops,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Janne Schatter,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Faust,
New Age Steppers,
Supertramp,
Public Enemy,
Circle Jerks,
Max Romeo,
Funky Four + One,
Todd Terry,
MDC,
Absolute Body Control,
Gang Gang Dance,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Joe Smooth,
Sarah Menescal,
Prince Buster,
Bluetip,
Nick Fraelich,
the Germs,
B.T. Express,
Massinfluence,
The Leaves,
Public Image Ltd.,
Slick Rick,
Kayak,
Crash Course in Science,
Bobby Womack,
Main Source,
Susan Cadogan,
The Vogues,
Swans,
Organ,
Technova,
Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound, Maleditus Sound.
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.