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 Rwanda and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1983 at the first Bronski Beat practice in a loft in Brixton.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Gang Starr to the grime 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 Hashim. All the underground hits.
All Television tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bluetip record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David McCallum record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fire Engines,
Groovy Waters,
Sight & Sound,
Eric Dolphy,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Tim Buckley,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Cure,
Deepchord,
Reagan Youth,
Oblivians,
T.S.O.L.,
Lalo Schifrin,
Rapeman,
Alphaville,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Bizarre Inc.,
Grauzone,
Lakeside,
Outsiders,
The Blackbyrds,
Surgeon,
The Gun Club,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Ronnie Foster,
Main Source,
Danielle Patucci,
The Standells,
Ken Boothe,
Das Ding,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Detroit Cobras,
Robert Görl,
Lungfish,
Radiopuhelimet,
Schoolly D,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
kango's stein massive,
Cameo,
Steve Hackett,
Scott Walker,
Man Parrish,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
K-Klass,
Brand Nubian,
In Retrospect,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Move,
Mary Jane Girls,
Minny Pops,
Wolf Eyes,
Kerri Chandler,
Whodini,
Rod Modell,
Amon Düül II,
Swell Maps,
Shuggie Otis,
Robert Wyatt,
Davy DMX,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Jawbox,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Qualms, Qualms, Qualms, Qualms.
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.