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 Estonia and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 808 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 Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo to the dance kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Radio Birdman. All the underground hits.
All The Knickerbockers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band 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 snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yellowson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Copeland,
Rekid,
Peter & Gordon,
Yellowson,
Eurythmics,
Scott Walker,
Sonic Youth,
R.M.O.,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Michelle Simonal,
Camberwell Now,
The Leaves,
Nas,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Carl Craig,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Barry Ungar,
Faraquet,
Roxy Music,
The Gladiators,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Steve Hackett,
Bobby Sherman,
Crime,
Albert Ayler,
Joy Division,
Minor Threat,
David Bowie,
Youth Brigade,
Laurel Aitken,
Fela Kuti,
Saccharine Trust,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Flesh Eaters,
Von Mondo,
Schoolly D,
Ralphi Rosario,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Jawbox,
Glambeats Corp.,
Trumans Water,
World's Most,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Evens,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Young Marble Giants,
The Barracudas,
DNA,
Gang of Four,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Accadde A,
Alphaville,
Nico,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Kas Product,
Bob Dylan,
Gang Green,
F. McDonald, F. McDonald, F. McDonald, F. McDonald.
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.