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 Fiji and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the organ 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 Bush Tetras to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 ABBA. All the underground hits.
All Ossler tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Soul II Soul record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vainqueur record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
London Community Gospel Choir,
New Order,
Alphaville,
Bizarre Inc.,
Sällskapet,
Dave Gahan,
Laurel Aitken,
Thee Headcoats,
Bauhaus,
Big Daddy Kane,
Nico,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Magma,
Amazonics,
Aaron Thompson,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Birthday Party,
Nas,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Smiths,
Al Stewart,
Siglo XX,
Alton Ellis,
Carl Craig,
10cc,
Rotary Connection,
The Mojo Men,
JFA,
Sam Rivers,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Ultimate Spinach,
Jesper Dahlback,
Chris Corsano,
Reagan Youth,
Kurtis Blow,
Lee Hazlewood,
Dorothy Ashby,
Black Moon,
Darondo,
Ludus,
The Misunderstood,
Tropical Tobacco,
Deepchord,
Subhumans,
Joensuu 1685,
Symarip,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Fugs,
Clear Light,
The Divine Comedy,
Metal Thangz,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Gories,
The Blackbyrds,
Donald Byrd,
Motorama,
Popol Vuh,
David Bowie,
Cecil Taylor,
John Cale,
Infiniti, Infiniti, Infiniti, Infiniti.
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.