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 Canada and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 mellotron 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 Hasil Adkins to the funk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Swell Maps. All the underground hits.
All PIL tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dennis Brown record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 an organ and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warren Ellis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joey Negro,
John Holt,
The Stooges,
Procol Harum,
Panda Bear,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Frankie Knuckles,
Kayak,
The Remains,
Alton Ellis,
Arthur Verocai,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Fire Engines,
Jandek,
the Slits,
LL Cool J,
The Evens,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Angels of Light,
Danielle Patucci,
The J.B.'s,
The Five Americans,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Real Kids,
Lou Reed,
Blancmange,
Roxy Music,
Piero Umiliani,
Dorothy Ashby,
Crispian St. Peters,
Grey Daturas,
Quantec,
Nas,
Ultra Naté,
The Monochrome Set,
Blake Baxter,
Matthew Halsall,
Boz Scaggs,
Whodini,
Girls At Our Best!,
Eli Mardock,
Jeff Lynne,
Minny Pops,
Archie Shepp,
cv313,
Brick,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
X-101,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Barclay James Harvest,
Donny Hathaway,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
John Cale,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Patti Smith,
June Days,
John Coltrane,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Bizarre Inc.,
Porter Ricks,
Oppenheimer Analysis, Oppenheimer Analysis, Oppenheimer Analysis, Oppenheimer Analysis.
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You don't know what you really want.
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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.