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 Nicaragua and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Tremeloes to the techno 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 cv313. All the underground hits.
All Massinfluence tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Warren Ellis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 snare and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Flash Fearless record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sällskapet,
DJ Sneak,
Joey Negro,
The Busters,
KRS-One,
Charles Mingus,
Susan Cadogan,
This Heat,
Alphaville,
Nas,
10cc,
Eurythmics,
Skriet,
Cheater Slicks,
Minny Pops,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Trumans Water,
Marcia Griffiths,
Average White Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Infiniti,
The Slackers,
Gang Starr,
Piero Umiliani,
Tubeway Army,
Dual Sessions,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Black Pus,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Litter,
Agent Orange,
the Human League,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Smiths,
Alton Ellis,
Matthew Halsall,
The Cure,
Todd Terry,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Bronski Beat,
The Evens,
John Coltrane,
kango's stein massive,
Mandrill,
Brothers Johnson,
Rotary Connection,
The Electric Prunes,
Yaz,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Ken Boothe,
Boogie Down Productions,
Pantaleimon,
Monolake,
The Divine Comedy,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Blues Magoos,
Ultra Naté,
The Fall,
Minutemen,
Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar.
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.