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 Ethiopia and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Mary Jane Girls to the funk 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 The Move. All the underground hits.
All The Skatalites tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a D'Angelo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Banda Bassotti,
Joensuu 1685,
The Zeros,
Barrington Levy,
Radiohead,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The Leaves,
A Certain Ratio,
Marc Almond,
Kerri Chandler,
The Skatalites,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Wolf Eyes,
The Moody Blues,
The Wake,
Hardrive,
the Bar-Kays,
Bob Dylan,
Dual Sessions,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Divine Comedy,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Camberwell Now,
Roy Ayers,
Lightning Bolt,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Soul II Soul,
Massinfluence,
Sonic Youth,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Kurtis Blow,
Steve Hackett,
China Crisis,
the Normal,
PIL,
Dark Day,
The Beau Brummels,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Danielle Patucci,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Selecter,
Pole,
The Mummies,
The Litter,
DJ Sneak,
The Index,
Eyeless In Gaza,
the Human League,
La Düsseldorf,
The Mojo Men,
Rapeman,
Pantytec,
Jesper Dahlback,
Roxy Music,
Sparks,
Main Source,
The Doobie Brothers,
Youth Brigade,
Arthur Verocai,
The Trojans,
Todd Rundgren,
Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon, Peter & Gordon.
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.