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 Cyprus and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the güiro 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 Glambeats Corp. to the grunge kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Suicide. All the underground hits.
All Rosa Yemen tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Victims record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Idris Muhammad,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Bootsy Collins,
DJ Sneak,
KRS-One,
The Sound,
Roger Hodgson,
Jacob Miller,
the Association,
Junior Murvin,
The Doors,
Jerry's Kids,
Ralphi Rosario,
Lindisfarne,
Faraquet,
La Düsseldorf,
D'Angelo,
Zero Boys,
The Move,
Peter and Kerry,
Mission of Burma,
Little Man,
Crime,
Blossom Toes,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Tommy Roe,
Tres Demented,
Dual Sessions,
Black Pus,
Joyce Sims,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Robert Hood,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Malaria!,
The Birthday Party,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Crash Course in Science,
The Velvet Underground,
New Age Steppers,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Steve Hackett,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Skriet,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Remains,
Niagra,
Michelle Simonal,
Anakelly,
Peter & Gordon,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Soul II Soul,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Youth Brigade,
Byron Stingily,
The American Breed,
Gerry Rafferty,
Avey Tare,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Mummies, The Mummies, The Mummies, The Mummies.
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.