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 Uganda and from Delhi.
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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Basic Channel to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Urselle. All the underground hits.
All Soul II Soul tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every MDC record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warren Ellis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ash Ra Tempel,
Graham Central Station,
Arthur Verocai,
Ice-T,
Toni Rubio,
Livin' Joy,
Aloha Tigers,
Mission of Burma,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Marcia Griffiths,
Idris Muhammad,
Urselle,
Accadde A,
Prince Buster,
Morten Harket,
Wire,
Barry Ungar,
Electric Prunes,
DJ Style,
The United States of America,
Robert Görl,
Masters at Work,
The Neon Judgement,
Crispian St. Peters,
Pagans,
John Holt,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Liliput,
The Associates,
Spoonie Gee,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Dirtbombs,
Circle Jerks,
PIL,
Ultra Naté,
Roxy Music,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Kerrie Biddell,
Metal Thangz,
Shoche,
L. Decosne,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Oblivians,
Josef K,
Babytalk,
Bill Near,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Godley & Creme,
Darondo,
The Grass Roots,
The Mummies,
U.S. Maple,
8 Eyed Spy,
X-Ray Spex,
Subhumans,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Move,
Simply Red,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Five Americans,
The Fall,
Warren Ellis,
Nik Kershaw,
Bluetip, Bluetip, Bluetip, Bluetip.
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.