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 Cape Verde and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Bremen.
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 mellotron 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 FM Einheit to the techno kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Alphaville. All the underground hits.
All The Seeds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Last Poets 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rosa Yemen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terry Callier,
Brand Nubian,
Soul II Soul,
Smog,
a-ha,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Quantec,
Qualms,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Sight & Sound,
Archie Shepp,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Drive Like Jehu,
Skaos,
Severed Heads,
Barbara Tucker,
Donald Byrd,
Ultimate Spinach,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Slackers,
D'Angelo,
Marvin Gaye,
Bad Manners,
Slick Rick,
Buzzcocks,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Second Layer,
The New Christs,
The Young Rascals,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Black Pus,
Loose Ends,
Danielle Patucci,
Bill Near,
In Retrospect,
David McCallum,
Boogie Down Productions,
Eric Dolphy,
Pere Ubu,
Symarip,
Monolake,
Gang Green,
Suburban Knight,
DJ Style,
The Cramps,
The United States of America,
Ten City,
Harpers Bizarre,
Donny Hathaway,
48th St. Collective,
Kerrie Biddell,
The Trojans,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Talk Talk,
Isaac Hayes,
Aswad,
Matthew Bourne,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Soul Sonic Force,
Thee Headcoats,
Minutemen, Minutemen, Minutemen, Minutemen.
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.