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 Czech Republic and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Deakin 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 Q65. All the underground hits.
All Selector Dub Narcotic tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Whodini record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an organ and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Unrelated Segments record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Slackers,
Glenn Branca,
Ken Boothe,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Sparks,
Grauzone,
Organ,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
New York Dolls,
JFA,
Crispy Ambulance,
Lou Christie,
Tears for Fears,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Junior Murvin,
Faraquet,
The Selecter,
Ronan,
Spoonie Gee,
Avey Tare,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Stockholm Monsters,
Scan 7,
kango's stein massive,
Janne Schatter,
Fela Kuti,
Gabor Szabo,
Jerry's Kids,
Marcia Griffiths,
Brick,
Nas,
The Divine Comedy,
The Moleskins,
Delon & Dalcan,
Thompson Twins,
Susan Cadogan,
The Move,
The Fire Engines,
Warren Ellis,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
8 Eyed Spy,
Delta 5,
Wasted Youth,
Roxy Music,
Ultra Naté,
Kaleidoscope,
Erykah Badu,
Flash Fearless,
Sällskapet,
Country Teasers,
David McCallum,
The Busters,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Pantaleimon,
John Cale,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Television,
Ultravox,
Joe Smooth,
Lower 48,
The Fugs, The Fugs, The Fugs, The Fugs.
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.