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 Tuvalu and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Nas to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Agitation Free. All the underground hits.
All Q and Not U tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Section 25 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kayak record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sparks,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Public Image Ltd.,
Parry Music,
Agent Orange,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Sugar Minott,
Aural Exciters,
Tears for Fears,
Moss Icon,
Gichy Dan,
Janne Schatter,
Roxette,
Gong,
Trumans Water,
Radiohead,
Pussy Galore,
Idris Muhammad,
Nation of Ulysses,
Porter Ricks,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Gastr Del Sol,
Yusef Lateef,
Deakin,
Motorama,
Kerri Chandler,
The Beau Brummels,
Funkadelic,
Barrington Levy,
New Age Steppers,
Masters at Work,
Grandmaster Flash,
Franke,
Make Up,
Royal Trux,
Ludus,
Public Enemy,
John Foxx,
Terry Callier,
Skaos,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Joe Finger,
Massinfluence,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
the Germs,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Oblivians,
Stockholm Monsters,
Fear,
The Human League,
PIL,
The Barracudas,
E-Dancer,
A Certain Ratio,
The Velvet Underground,
Echospace,
The Gap Band,
Groovy Waters,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
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.