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 United States and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Rhythim Is Rhythim to the grime kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Black Bananas. All the underground hits.
All Von Mondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kango’s Stein Massive 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The United States of America record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Von Mondo,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Raincoats,
Fad Gadget,
Jerry's Kids,
Stiv Bators,
The Wake,
Black Moon,
Nico,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Desert Stars,
Maleditus Sound,
Trumans Water,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
K-Klass,
U.S. Maple,
Procol Harum,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Bob Dylan,
Zapp,
Ice-T,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Brand Nubian,
Sun Ra,
The Flesh Eaters,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Eric Dolphy,
Absolute Body Control,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Sixth Finger,
Soul II Soul,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Icehouse,
Chrome,
Spoonie Gee,
June of 44,
Faust,
Pantaleimon,
Fatback Band,
Brothers Johnson,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
F. McDonald,
Gabor Szabo,
Anthony Braxton,
Negative Approach,
The Slits,
Underground Resistance,
Intrusion,
Pagans,
Jesper Dahlback,
Suburban Knight,
Tom Boy,
Magma,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Erykah Badu,
Judy Mowatt,
Scion,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Matthew Halsall,
Deepchord,
Joey Negro, Joey Negro, Joey Negro, Joey Negro.
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.