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 Azerbaijan and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in 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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the linndrum 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 The Shadows of Knight to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Icehouse. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Toasters 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mighty Diamonds 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?
The Cramps,
Franke,
Avey Tare,
the Association,
The Dirtbombs,
The Tremeloes,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Parry Music,
Lalann,
Delta 5,
Warren Ellis,
Jeff Mills,
David McCallum,
Bobby Womack,
Black Sheep,
Scion,
Laurel Aitken,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Sight & Sound,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Grandmaster Flash,
Agent Orange,
The Velvet Underground,
Outsiders,
Girls At Our Best!,
In Retrospect,
EPMD,
Audionom,
Vainqueur,
Lou Reed,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Gang Green,
China Crisis,
Ronnie Foster,
Ultra Naté,
Cybotron,
Eurythmics,
Sarah Menescal,
Half Japanese,
KRS-One,
The Searchers,
DJ Style,
PIL,
Dual Sessions,
Country Teasers,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Motions,
Amazonics,
Zapp,
Ponytail,
Magazine,
Wally Richardson,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Adolescents,
New Age Steppers,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Joe Smooth,
Youth Brigade,
The Doors,
Radiohead,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Moss Icon,
Albert Ayler, Albert Ayler, Albert Ayler, Albert Ayler.
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.