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 Korea South and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Archie Shepp to the techno 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 8 Eyed Spy. All the underground hits.
All Basic Channel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deakin record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 a rhodes and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a KRS-One record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Vladislav Delay,
A Certain Ratio,
Von Mondo,
Metal Thangz,
the Normal,
The Pop Group,
Audionom,
Soft Machine,
Dual Sessions,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Joensuu 1685,
Brick,
The Busters,
Kool Moe Dee,
Moebius,
Gerry Rafferty,
kango's stein massive,
Roxy Music,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Litter,
T. Rex,
The Moleskins,
The Evens,
Talk Talk,
Lou Christie,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Archie Shepp,
Guru Guru,
The Flesh Eaters,
Letta Mbulu,
These Immortal Souls,
Franke,
Girls At Our Best!,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Depeche Mode,
The Remains,
Hoover,
Radio Birdman,
Ponytail,
Amon Düül,
Radiohead,
Oblivians,
Sister Nancy,
The Count Five,
Sight & Sound,
Pylon,
The Sound,
Skriet,
MC5,
Kerri Chandler,
Kevin Saunderson,
Nico,
Motorama,
Chris & Cosey,
U.S. Maple,
The Gladiators,
Fat Boys,
David Bowie,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Dave Clark Five,
Deakin, Deakin, Deakin, Deakin.
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.