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 Korea North and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 Hong Kong and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 Nile Rodgers 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 Visage to the dance 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 Rotary Connection. All the underground hits.
All Kenny Larkin tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minnie Riperton 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a A Certain Ratio record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scientists,
Fatback Band,
Jesper Dahlback,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Matthew Halsall,
Pierre Henry,
Agitation Free,
Liliput,
Mission of Burma,
T. Rex,
The Fall,
Outsiders,
Cecil Taylor,
Youth Brigade,
Sam Rivers,
New York Dolls,
Joensuu 1685,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Model 500,
The Stooges,
Derrick Morgan,
Pantytec,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
Nirvana,
Mr. Review,
Silicon Teens,
The Divine Comedy,
Kayak,
Aswad,
Jeru the Damaja,
Pantaleimon,
La Düsseldorf,
The Moody Blues,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Jimmy McGriff,
Boogie Down Productions,
the Slits,
Gerry Rafferty,
Gang Starr,
Reagan Youth,
The Monochrome Set,
Donald Byrd,
EPMD,
The Electric Prunes,
Gabor Szabo,
Pere Ubu,
Thompson Twins,
Brothers Johnson,
PIL,
Mantronix,
Black Sheep,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Rhythm & Sound,
Frankie Knuckles,
Black Pus,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
UT,
H. Thieme,
Sun Ra,
The Pop Group,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Parry Music, Parry Music, Parry Music, Parry Music.
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.