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 Tonga and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1961 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 harpsichord 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 Loose Ends to the electroclash 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 Peter and Kerry. All the underground hits.
All Soul Sonic Force tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul Sonic Force record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Andrew Hill,
Laurel Aitken,
Aswad,
Dual Sessions,
Mr. Review,
Bluetip,
OOIOO,
David Bowie,
Terrestrial Tones,
LL Cool J,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Sound,
Bang On A Can,
Supertramp,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Connie Case,
Minutemen,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Big Daddy Kane,
The United States of America,
UT,
JFA,
The Five Americans,
Half Japanese,
Main Source,
Livin' Joy,
Delta 5,
Dennis Brown,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Little Man,
Cybotron,
Barclay James Harvest,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Suburban Knight,
Fort Wilson Riot,
These Immortal Souls,
Kerri Chandler,
The Velvet Underground,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Lower 48,
The Toasters,
Rhythm & Sound,
D'Angelo,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Cure,
Crime,
Mark Hollis,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Kurtis Blow,
Agitation Free,
Trumans Water,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Talk Talk,
Nik Kershaw,
Godley & Creme,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
David McCallum,
Jerry Gold Smith,
World's Most,
Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani.
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.