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 Libya and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the oboe 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 Von Mondo to the grime 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 Dorothy Ashby. All the underground hits.
All Kango’s Stein Massive tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tropical Tobacco 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Negative Approach,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Motions,
Yusef Lateef,
Rotary Connection,
June Days,
Circle Jerks,
Procol Harum,
The Index,
Jacob Miller,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Nils Olav,
Rekid,
Mantronix,
The United States of America,
Derrick Morgan,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Sound,
Jerry's Kids,
Grey Daturas,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Prince Buster,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Thompson Twins,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Y Pants,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Fire Engines,
Moebius,
Eve St. Jones,
Boredoms,
The New Christs,
Minny Pops,
T.S.O.L.,
Theoretical Girls,
Rhythm & Sound,
Dave Gahan,
The Stooges,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Walker Brothers,
Pet Shop Boys,
One Last Wish,
Make Up,
Television Personalities,
Drexciya,
Pussy Galore,
Loose Ends,
Banda Bassotti,
The Grass Roots,
Interpol,
Whodini,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
E-Dancer,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Barbara Tucker,
Kaleidoscope,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Bizarre Inc.,
MDC,
Camouflage,
Nation of Ulysses,
Big Daddy Kane, Big Daddy Kane, Big Daddy Kane, Big Daddy Kane.
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.