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 Eritrea and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 arpeggiator 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 The Pretty Things to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All Porter Ricks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lou Reed & Metallica 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joensuu 1685 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Associates,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
One Last Wish,
F. McDonald,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
X-Ray Spex,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
a-ha,
the Association,
the Germs,
The Kinks,
Rufus Thomas,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Alton Ellis,
Kayak,
Joey Negro,
Pagans,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
David McCallum,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Panda Bear,
Letta Mbulu,
Anakelly,
Excepter,
Moss Icon,
John Coltrane,
Scan 7,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Deakin,
Patti Smith,
The Real Kids,
Gang Starr,
Hoover,
Lakeside,
Index,
Warsaw,
Sam Rivers,
The Happenings,
Reuben Wilson,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Scott Walker,
Peter & Gordon,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Joy Division,
Ituana,
Bill Wells,
Blancmange,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Harmonia,
New York Dolls,
Monolake,
Throbbing Gristle,
Kevin Saunderson,
D'Angelo,
Isaac Hayes,
Oneida,
R.M.O.,
Pet Shop Boys,
CMW,
Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX, Davy DMX.
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.