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 Syria and from Manchester.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 One Last Wish to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Crispian St. Peters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anthony Braxton record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kerrie Biddell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nik Kershaw,
Crime,
Anakelly,
Mars,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Pretty Things,
Tommy Roe,
Roxette,
Sällskapet,
Jandek,
Pussy Galore,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Gil Scott Heron,
Leonard Cohen,
The Raincoats,
Nils Olav,
Amon Düül II,
Das Ding,
Sam Rivers,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
David McCallum,
Yellowson,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Young Rascals,
Scientists,
A Certain Ratio,
Bobbi Humphrey,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Quadrant,
DNA,
Chris & Cosey,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Residents,
Newcleus,
Joe Finger,
Gong,
Grauzone,
Godley & Creme,
Moss Icon,
Jesper Dahlback,
Camouflage,
Cymande,
The Remains,
Scrapy,
The Monochrome Set,
Bobby Sherman,
the Association,
Khruangbin,
Desert Stars,
Black Flag,
Bobby Womack,
Radio Birdman,
Johnny Osbourne,
Dorothy Ashby,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Eric Dolphy,
Visage,
Barrington Levy,
Babytalk,
The Selecter,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal.
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.