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 Portugal and from Jakarta.
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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Flesh Eaters to the funk 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 Leonard Cohen. All the underground hits.
All Siouxsie and the Banshees tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Wake 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 an arpeggiator and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Negative Approach record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
UT,
Pet Shop Boys,
Bizarre Inc.,
Erykah Badu,
Hoover,
Dead Boys,
Au Pairs,
Sparks,
The Misunderstood,
Ronnie Foster,
Scion,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Yaz,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Siglo XX,
Mars,
Piero Umiliani,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Tremeloes,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Grass Roots,
Dark Day,
Oblivians,
Metal Thangz,
Kaleidoscope,
Mary Jane Girls,
Big Daddy Kane,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Wire,
Scrapy,
Al Stewart,
The United States of America,
The Fire Engines,
Henry Cow,
Fluxion,
Von Mondo,
New York Dolls,
Kas Product,
Symarip,
the Slits,
F. McDonald,
Moss Icon,
Joe Finger,
Sister Nancy,
Boredoms,
Country Teasers,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Icehouse,
The Cramps,
The Birthday Party,
Yusef Lateef,
Dual Sessions,
World's Most,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Prince Buster,
Bob Dylan,
Jerry's Kids,
The Mojo Men,
Pussy Galore,
The Pop Group,
Wally Richardson,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.