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 Philippines and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in 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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the 808 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 The Misunderstood to the rock 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 Y Pants. All the underground hits.
All Drive Like Jehu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fire Engines record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stetsasonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Essential Logic,
Radio Birdman,
Laurel Aitken,
Yellowson,
Bluetip,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Red Krayola,
Hasil Adkins,
Marine Girls,
Icehouse,
Heaven 17,
Sam Rivers,
Danielle Patucci,
Joe Finger,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Dirtbombs,
the Slits,
Sun Ra,
Cecil Taylor,
Rotary Connection,
Bobby Sherman,
Sister Nancy,
Judy Mowatt,
Animal Collective,
The Shadows of Knight,
Jimmy McGriff,
Sight & Sound,
R.M.O.,
Deepchord,
Scott Walker,
Public Image Ltd.,
Matthew Halsall,
In Retrospect,
Model 500,
The Fall,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Joey Negro,
Hot Snakes,
Andrew Hill,
Matthew Bourne,
Infiniti,
X-102,
The Sonics,
Albert Ayler,
Sparks,
The Cure,
Oblivians,
The Electric Prunes,
Dead Boys,
One Last Wish,
DJ Sneak,
Neil Young,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
La Düsseldorf,
Simply Red,
Kevin Saunderson,
48th St. Collective,
David McCallum,
Suicide,
The Litter,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
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.