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 St Kitts & Nevis and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 harpsichord 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 Bad Manners to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Youth Brigade. All the underground hits.
All CMW tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lyres 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quadrant record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Beasts of Bourbon,
U.S. Maple,
Jerry's Kids,
The Neon Judgement,
Mantronix,
David McCallum,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Jacques Brel,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Q and Not U,
Stereo Dub,
Yellowson,
This Heat,
Masters at Work,
The Litter,
Black Flag,
Archie Shepp,
Parry Music,
Japan,
Peter & Gordon,
Joy Division,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Wasted Youth,
The Angels of Light,
10cc,
Gabor Szabo,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Basic Channel,
Pole,
Kayak,
David Bowie,
The American Breed,
Sam Rivers,
The Smiths,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Gang Green,
Don Cherry,
Junior Murvin,
Fela Kuti,
The Saints,
The Fall,
Bob Dylan,
The Black Dice,
Bauhaus,
the Association,
Joey Negro,
The Cure,
Patti Smith,
Lucky Dragons,
48th St. Collective,
Pylon,
Fluxion,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Make Up,
New Age Steppers,
Scientists,
Henry Cow,
Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica.
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.