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 Bahrain and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 MC5 to the electroclash 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 Roger Hodgson. All the underground hits.
All Chrome tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Index record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Von Mondo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
PIL,
Magazine,
June Days,
Ituana,
Mad Mike,
Eric Copeland,
Basic Channel,
Essential Logic,
EPMD,
Soul Sonic Force,
Fugazi,
Radio Birdman,
Tommy Roe,
Howard Jones,
The Monks,
Donny Hathaway,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
L. Decosne,
Zero Boys,
Soft Machine,
Youth Brigade,
Lyres,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Rakim,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Knickerbockers,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Japan,
Sixth Finger,
Dawn Penn,
Man Eating Sloth,
Shoche,
Kevin Saunderson,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Quadrant,
Joey Negro,
Robert Hood,
Swell Maps,
Crispian St. Peters,
Mark Hollis,
Popol Vuh,
Tropical Tobacco,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Jimmy McGriff,
Todd Terry,
Pere Ubu,
Outsiders,
The Moleskins,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Piero Umiliani,
Sandy B,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Thee Headcoats,
Laurel Aitken,
Scratch Acid,
Aloha Tigers,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Hot Snakes,
Grey Daturas,
Ludus,
Bobby Womack, Bobby Womack, Bobby Womack, Bobby Womack.
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.