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 Nepal and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Kurtis Blow to the grime kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Jerry's Kids. All the underground hits.
All Mo-Dettes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Electric Prunes 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Donald Byrd record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül II,
Pierre Henry,
Infiniti,
Albert Ayler,
Accadde A,
The Searchers,
kango's stein massive,
Agitation Free,
Interpol,
the Slits,
Blake Baxter,
Siglo XX,
The Raincoats,
Ultra Naté,
The Doors,
Deepchord,
Don Cherry,
Lou Christie,
Lower 48,
Goldenarms,
Fear,
Pet Shop Boys,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Jerry's Kids,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Boz Scaggs,
Visage,
The Toasters,
Roxette,
Connie Case,
The Victims,
Marc Almond,
Lalann,
Skriet,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
One Last Wish,
Alton Ellis,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Gang of Four,
U.S. Maple,
The Happenings,
Inner City,
Barrington Levy,
Kerri Chandler,
Dennis Brown,
Japan,
Oneida,
8 Eyed Spy,
Desert Stars,
John Holt,
Gabor Szabo,
Susan Cadogan,
Eddi Front,
the Sonics,
Cheater Slicks,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Jawbox,
Banda Bassotti,
Clear Light,
Freddie Wadling,
Black Bananas, Black Bananas, Black Bananas, Black Bananas.
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.