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 Belgium and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Paris.
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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the snare 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 Josef K to the jazz 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 ABC. All the underground hits.
All Black Bananas tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Shadows of Knight record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a synthesizer 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 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ronan,
The Sound,
Soul II Soul,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
10cc,
D'Angelo,
8 Eyed Spy,
Sonny Sharrock,
Bang On A Can,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
John Coltrane,
Minutemen,
Maleditus Sound,
Scientists,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Sonics,
Shuggie Otis,
Bad Manners,
Kerrie Biddell,
Barbara Tucker,
Junior Murvin,
Marcia Griffiths,
Jeff Mills,
Slick Rick,
The Stooges,
Panda Bear,
Grauzone,
Silicon Teens,
Swans,
The Fortunes,
Jerry's Kids,
Public Enemy,
Maurizio,
Scratch Acid,
Masters at Work,
The Blues Magoos,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gang of Four,
John Cale,
The Move,
Scan 7,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Visage,
Moss Icon,
Sällskapet,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Blossom Toes,
Bobby Byrd,
Wire,
Vainqueur,
The Wake,
Young Marble Giants,
Pantaleimon,
Harry Pussy,
Fugazi,
The Toasters,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Stiv Bators,
Reagan Youth,
Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys.
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.