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 Gabon and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Wire show in Watford.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 chamberlin 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 EPMD to the grunge 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 Marcia Griffiths. All the underground hits.
All Brand Nubian tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Flipper record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Monochrome Set record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
DJ Sneak,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Symarip,
Jesper Dahlback,
Aural Exciters,
The Fugs,
Pharoah Sanders,
Anthony Braxton,
the Swans,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Marmalade,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Standells,
David Bowie,
Avey Tare,
Michelle Simonal,
The Misunderstood,
MC5,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Rufus Thomas,
Yaz,
Japan,
Scott Walker,
Panda Bear,
The Tremeloes,
John Holt,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Stetsasonic,
Jacques Brel,
Nils Olav,
Flamin' Groovies,
Arthur Verocai,
Terrestrial Tones,
Soft Cell,
Aswad,
Rekid,
Loose Ends,
Public Image Ltd.,
Gang Starr,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
the Normal,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Fortunes,
Scientists,
Agent Orange,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Fire Engines,
Joe Finger,
D'Angelo,
The Human League,
Soul II Soul,
R.M.O.,
Dual Sessions,
The Busters,
Davy DMX,
10cc,
Spoonie Gee,
Freddie Wadling,
Nas,
Dennis Brown,
Accadde A,
Dorothy Ashby, Dorothy Ashby, Dorothy Ashby, Dorothy Ashby.
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.