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 Bulgaria and from Houston.
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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 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 Traffic Nightmare to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Star Department. All the underground hits.
All Siglo XX tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ponytail record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Glambeats Corp. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Warren Ellis,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
DJ Sneak,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Cecil Taylor,
Juan Atkins,
Ralphi Rosario,
Sonny Sharrock,
Anakelly,
Oblivians,
Kenny Larkin,
Shuggie Otis,
The Count Five,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Jesper Dahlback,
Lalo Schifrin,
Morten Harket,
Kool Moe Dee,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Suicide,
Black Pus,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Subhumans,
Sam Rivers,
Bronski Beat,
Sandy B,
John Cale,
Brass Construction,
Alton Ellis,
Graham Central Station,
Spandau Ballet,
Pantaleimon,
Groovy Waters,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Bang On A Can,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Harmonia,
Schoolly D,
Franke,
Dennis Brown,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Man Parrish,
Mad Mike,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
R.M.O.,
Main Source,
Boogie Down Productions,
Magma,
Aaron Thompson,
The Blues Magoos,
Negative Approach,
Neil Young,
Dawn Penn,
David Axelrod,
Janne Schatter,
Zero Boys,
Michelle Simonal,
Glambeats Corp.,
Bush Tetras,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Star Department, The Star Department, The Star Department, The Star Department.
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.