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 Dominica and from Jakarta.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Jawbox to the electroclash 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 Scott Walker + Sunn O))). All the underground hits.
All Kango’s Stein Massive tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Neon Judgement record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 a theremin and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a the Association record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
E-Dancer,
Minny Pops,
Jeff Lynne,
Faust,
Lindisfarne,
The Saints,
The Associates,
Johnny Osbourne,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Deakin,
Crispy Ambulance,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The United States of America,
Stetsasonic,
The Pretty Things,
Bizarre Inc.,
Delta 5,
Kayak,
the Association,
Flipper,
Guru Guru,
Eden Ahbez,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Jeff Mills,
Steve Hackett,
FM Einheit,
The Angels of Light,
Duran Duran,
Colin Newman,
Yellowson,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
The Leaves,
Slick Rick,
Pole,
Kerrie Biddell,
OOIOO,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Don Cherry,
Television,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Derrick Morgan,
Ultimate Spinach,
Moss Icon,
The Techniques,
DJ Sneak,
Boz Scaggs,
The Evens,
Howard Jones,
The Busters,
Fear,
Tropical Tobacco,
Kool Moe Dee,
Pussy Galore,
Mr. Review,
Marvin Gaye,
Godley & Creme,
Can,
Henry Cow,
Echospace,
Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne.
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.