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 Taiwan and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Schoolly D to the disco kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Gladiators. All the underground hits.
All Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warsaw record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Chris & Cosey,
Iggy Pop,
Mantronix,
Skriet,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Jeru the Damaja,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Amon Düül II,
The Leaves,
Johnny Osbourne,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Skarface,
Sugar Minott,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Camberwell Now,
The Tremeloes,
Pagans,
Deakin,
the Human League,
8 Eyed Spy,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Robert Wyatt,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Skaos,
Tomorrow,
The Happenings,
Agitation Free,
Pantaleimon,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Fatback Band,
Neil Young,
Ornette Coleman,
Roxette,
The Last Poets,
The Gun Club,
Neu!,
Arcadia,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Scion,
Ralphi Rosario,
Drive Like Jehu,
Slave,
The Fugs,
Spandau Ballet,
One Last Wish,
Maleditus Sound,
Boredoms,
Brick,
Terry Callier,
Graham Central Station,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Flamin' Groovies,
Gang of Four,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Cramps,
MDC,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Zero Boys,
The United States of America, The United States of America, The United States of America, The United States of America.
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.