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 Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in 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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Paris.
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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Y Pants to the jazz 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 Deepchord. All the underground hits.
All Lou Reed tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joe Finger record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Brand Nubian record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Traffic Nightmare,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Nico,
Ornette Coleman,
Trumans Water,
Lebanon Hanover,
Gang Green,
Section 25,
Lalo Schifrin,
Charles Mingus,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Tremeloes,
Skaos,
The Skatalites,
Boogie Down Productions,
A Certain Ratio,
Juan Atkins,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Television Personalities,
Make Up,
Porter Ricks,
Agent Orange,
Dark Day,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
MC5,
Popol Vuh,
Minor Threat,
Fad Gadget,
Robert Wyatt,
Animal Collective,
Tommy Roe,
Nik Kershaw,
Erykah Badu,
The Smoke,
Grandmaster Flash,
Banda Bassotti,
The American Breed,
Marc Almond,
Yazoo,
The Invisible,
Outsiders,
Lindisfarne,
the Fania All-Stars,
Rakim,
Bronski Beat,
Chris Corsano,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Janne Schatter,
Los Fastidios,
Parry Music,
Patti Smith,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Sexual Harrassment,
Wire,
Japan,
Dead Boys,
the Slits,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Clear Light,
Fatback Band,
Ohio Players, Ohio Players, Ohio Players, Ohio Players.
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.