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 Belarus and from Lille.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 marimba 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 Urselle to the crunk 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 Bill Wells. All the underground hits.
All Derrick May tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Talk Talk record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 chamberlin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kevin Saunderson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Terry Callier,
Alphaville,
the Normal,
Ultravox,
Black Flag,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Massinfluence,
John Lydon,
The J.B.'s,
Subhumans,
The United States of America,
Kurtis Blow,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
David Axelrod,
Gastr Del Sol,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Bob Dylan,
Chris & Cosey,
Neil Young,
Simply Red,
Intrusion,
The Fortunes,
Cheater Slicks,
Slick Rick,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Vainqueur,
Moby Grape,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Young Rascals,
Spoonie Gee,
Agitation Free,
The Gun Club,
Mark Hollis,
Nik Kershaw,
Siglo XX,
The Sisters of Mercy,
A Certain Ratio,
Hasil Adkins,
Funkadelic,
F. McDonald,
Ludus,
Lalann,
Ponytail,
KRS-One,
Lou Christie,
Dorothy Ashby,
Avey Tare,
The Litter,
Minny Pops,
Camouflage,
Surgeon,
Skaos,
Loose Ends,
Eric B and Rakim,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Scrapy,
10cc,
Malaria!,
Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter.
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.