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 Trinidad & Tobago 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 1967 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Neu! to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Electric Light Orchestra. All the underground hits.
All Rahsaan Roland Kirk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aaron Thompson 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a a-ha record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rosa Yemen,
Zapp,
Tubeway Army,
The Doobie Brothers,
Aaron Thompson,
Ohio Players,
Loose Ends,
Letta Mbulu,
Mantronix,
Index,
June Days,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Masters at Work,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Metal Thangz,
Groovy Waters,
Black Bananas,
Roxy Music,
The Gap Band,
Pylon,
Leonard Cohen,
Maleditus Sound,
Alton Ellis,
Juan Atkins,
Thee Headcoats,
Brand Nubian,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Bronski Beat,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Graham Central Station,
F. McDonald,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Moleskins,
Magma,
Mr. Review,
Bluetip,
Porter Ricks,
Scion,
Alice Coltrane,
Pierre Henry,
Panda Bear,
Roy Ayers,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bill Near,
The Smiths,
Camberwell Now,
Sonny Sharrock,
Junior Murvin,
Joensuu 1685,
Second Layer,
Public Image Ltd.,
Eurythmics,
Byron Stingily,
The New Christs,
Barrington Levy,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Interpol,
The Martian,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Isaac Hayes,
The American Breed,
Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies.
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.