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 Laos and from Jakarta.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1970 at the first Onyeabor practice in a loft in Enugu.
I was working on the snare 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 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Blues Magoos. All the underground hits.
All Amon Düül II tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Khruangbin record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dave Gahan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Theoretical Girls,
Malaria!,
New York Dolls,
the Germs,
Technova,
Urselle,
Quando Quango,
Traffic Nightmare,
Skarface,
Bob Dylan,
Aswad,
Swans,
The Trojans,
Sandy B,
Lou Reed,
Slave,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Chris Corsano,
Wasted Youth,
The Walker Brothers,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Man Eating Sloth,
Ultravox,
Sister Nancy,
Pole,
Television Personalities,
Country Teasers,
New Order,
Public Image Ltd.,
Bad Manners,
A Certain Ratio,
Judy Mowatt,
Silicon Teens,
Althea and Donna,
F. McDonald,
Thompson Twins,
Young Marble Giants,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Absolute Body Control,
FM Einheit,
Royal Trux,
Minor Threat,
Pharoah Sanders,
Kevin Saunderson,
Gang of Four,
Wally Richardson,
R.M.O.,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Ultra Naté,
Scan 7,
Frankie Knuckles,
Fela Kuti,
Ossler,
Barbara Tucker,
Jacob Miller,
Josef K,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Zeros,
The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band.
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.