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 Belgium and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1961 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the sitar 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 Amon Düül to the jazz 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 DJ Style. All the underground hits.
All Talk Talk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Zeros record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Jesus and Mary Chain record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Bob Dylan,
The Golliwogs,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Kenny Larkin,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Moleskins,
Kool Moe Dee,
Tears for Fears,
The United States of America,
Amon Düül II,
Hardrive,
Al Stewart,
Bluetip,
Clear Light,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Arab on Radar,
Audionom,
Alice Coltrane,
The Index,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Wolf Eyes,
Gil Scott Heron,
Johnny Clarke,
The Neon Judgement,
10cc,
The Searchers,
Alison Limerick,
Drive Like Jehu,
Harmonia,
Con Funk Shun,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Angels of Light,
Scan 7,
The Remains,
Aaron Thompson,
Glenn Branca,
Pet Shop Boys,
Steve Hackett,
Section 25,
Dead Boys,
The Toasters,
Rhythm & Sound,
Bizarre Inc.,
Soul II Soul,
Newcleus,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Max Romeo,
Judy Mowatt,
Lalann,
UT,
The Fall,
Toni Rubio,
Junior Murvin,
the Association,
Dennis Brown,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Associates,
The Techniques,
Graham Central Station,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Echospace,
Rapeman,
The Misunderstood, The Misunderstood, The Misunderstood, The Misunderstood.
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.