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 Paraguay and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Quadrant to the disco kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Dave Clark Five. All the underground hits.
All Mo-Dettes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Görl record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a London Community Gospel Choir record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Banda Bassotti,
Curtis Mayfield,
La Düsseldorf,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Soulsonic Force,
Aaron Thompson,
Lightning Bolt,
Oblivians,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Visage,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
the Sonics,
Robert Görl,
Throbbing Gristle,
Darondo,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Drive Like Jehu,
Kurtis Blow,
Severed Heads,
Ralphi Rosario,
Rites of Spring,
Morten Harket,
Brothers Johnson,
Simply Red,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Bluetip,
Yaz,
Skriet,
The Dave Clark Five,
Stiv Bators,
Junior Murvin,
Section 25,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Scott Walker,
Marc Almond,
Minor Threat,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Toasters,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Scion,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Kaleidoscope,
Howard Jones,
The Techniques,
Amon Düül,
Ohio Players,
Easy Going,
Vainqueur,
Quando Quango,
Massinfluence,
CMW,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Television,
Sight & Sound,
The Star Department,
Brand Nubian,
Dual Sessions,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
June Days,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.