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 Thailand 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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 In Retrospect to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Modern Lovers. All the underground hits.
All Harmonia tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every H. Thieme record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 a linndrum and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Groovy Waters,
Lindisfarne,
Graham Central Station,
Joey Negro,
Saccharine Trust,
Babytalk,
Andrew Hill,
Black Flag,
Pantytec,
Mr. Review,
Jimmy McGriff,
Marmalade,
Bill Wells,
Piero Umiliani,
Sällskapet,
Magma,
Wally Richardson,
Sonic Youth,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Slackers,
the Soft Cell,
Gichy Dan,
Hardrive,
a-ha,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Harry Pussy,
Black Pus,
the Normal,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Dennis Brown,
Camouflage,
Iggy Pop,
Faraquet,
Royal Trux,
Guru Guru,
LL Cool J,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Eddi Front,
Electric Prunes,
Kerri Chandler,
Alison Limerick,
Minny Pops,
Ituana,
Funky Four + One,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Agent Orange,
Joy Division,
The Cowsills,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Sister Nancy,
Wings,
T. Rex,
Quando Quango,
Easy Going,
Lou Reed,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Franke,
Reuben Wilson,
Loose Ends,
UT, UT, UT, UT.
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.