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 Bosnia Herzegovina and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and London.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Soft Cell. All the underground hits.
All The Modern Lovers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Modern Lovers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Shuggie Otis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sex Pistols,
Neil Young,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Michelle Simonal,
Bizarre Inc.,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
John Foxx,
Arcadia,
Laurel Aitken,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Zeros,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Index,
Lee Hazlewood,
Fatback Band,
Radiohead,
Matthew Halsall,
Fat Boys,
Trumans Water,
Tres Demented,
Jimmy McGriff,
Infiniti,
Man Parrish,
The Young Rascals,
Public Enemy,
B.T. Express,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
John Cale,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Monochrome Set,
Kenny Larkin,
cv313,
Black Flag,
Adolescents,
Funkadelic,
Ronan,
8 Eyed Spy,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Ludus,
Brand Nubian,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Peter & Gordon,
Pussy Galore,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
China Crisis,
Soft Machine,
Can,
Sonny Sharrock,
The Music Machine,
kango's stein massive,
Cymande,
Archie Shepp,
Nils Olav,
Royal Trux,
Goldenarms,
The Invisible,
Ultimate Spinach,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Moss Icon,
Toni Rubio,
Darondo,
The Gladiators, The Gladiators, The Gladiators, The Gladiators.
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.