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 Malta and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1963 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the theremin 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 Delta 5 to the punk 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 Boogie Down Productions. All the underground hits.
All A Certain Ratio tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Audionom 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gong record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nik Kershaw,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Johnny Clarke,
Todd Rundgren,
The Doors,
Terry Callier,
Babytalk,
Michelle Simonal,
Gregory Isaacs,
Clear Light,
The Neon Judgement,
Kayak,
Gerry Rafferty,
Marshall Jefferson,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Intrusion,
The Monochrome Set,
MDC,
Lou Reed,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Star Department,
Second Layer,
Prince Buster,
Quando Quango,
Skriet,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Maleditus Sound,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Main Source,
Rekid,
Susan Cadogan,
Big Daddy Kane,
Peter & Gordon,
Slick Rick,
kango's stein massive,
Au Pairs,
Roy Ayers,
Soulsonic Force,
The Shadows of Knight,
Youth Brigade,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Sarah Menescal,
Andrew Hill,
John Foxx,
Alice Coltrane,
Delon & Dalcan,
Underground Resistance,
Adolescents,
Rhythm & Sound,
Bad Manners,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ronan,
Gang Starr,
Flash Fearless,
The Victims,
The Associates,
Wally Richardson,
Peter and Kerry,
DJ Style,
X-101, X-101, X-101, X-101.
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.