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 Austria and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Skaos to the grime kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Dawn Penn. All the underground hits.
All the Human League tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Guru Guru 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Gories record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rapeman,
Silicon Teens,
Stereo Dub,
MDC,
Buzzcocks,
Tom Boy,
The Slackers,
Stetsasonic,
Moby Grape,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Eddi Front,
Pulsallama,
Groovy Waters,
The Mojo Men,
Joey Negro,
Piero Umiliani,
Susan Cadogan,
Anthony Braxton,
Maurizio,
The Techniques,
Stockholm Monsters,
Qualms,
The Gladiators,
DJ Style,
Kerrie Biddell,
Joyce Sims,
La Düsseldorf,
Jacob Miller,
The New Christs,
John Lydon,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Panda Bear,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Chrome,
Dave Gahan,
Oneida,
Porter Ricks,
Peter & Gordon,
Cybotron,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Iggy Pop,
Lakeside,
The Misunderstood,
Gang of Four,
Donald Byrd,
Archie Shepp,
CMW,
Gang Gang Dance,
Livin' Joy,
Au Pairs,
Marc Almond,
Cal Tjader,
Eric Dolphy,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Skaos,
Darondo,
Tim Buckley,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Second Layer,
X-Ray Spex,
Albert Ayler, Albert Ayler, Albert Ayler, Albert Ayler.
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.