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 Madagascar and from Taipei.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Curtis Mayfield to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Bad Manners. All the underground hits.
All Bob Dylan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tubeway Army record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 808 and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Sherman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ultra Naté,
Scott Walker,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Black Dice,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Moss Icon,
The Detroit Cobras,
FM Einheit,
The Gories,
10cc,
Kool Moe Dee,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Associates,
The Martian,
Sound Behaviour,
Michelle Simonal,
Ronnie Foster,
Radiohead,
Barbara Tucker,
Bob Dylan,
The Tremeloes,
Camberwell Now,
Wolf Eyes,
Joey Negro,
Gil Scott Heron,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Soul II Soul,
T.S.O.L.,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
David Bowie,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lalann,
The Sonics,
Absolute Body Control,
Cymande,
The Leaves,
H. Thieme,
Stereo Dub,
The Fire Engines,
Babytalk,
Sly & The Family Stone,
New Order,
Fifty Foot Hose,
These Immortal Souls,
Ice-T,
Derrick May,
The Modern Lovers,
The Doors,
Alison Limerick,
The Mojo Men,
Pagans,
Avey Tare,
Pole,
The Flesh Eaters,
This Heat,
Funkadelic,
The Zeros,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Cowsills,
The Motions,
The J.B.'s, The J.B.'s, The J.B.'s, The J.B.'s.
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.