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 Malta and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in 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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 sitar 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 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark to the dance kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Soft Cell. All the underground hits.
All Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yazoo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lucky Dragons,
Gregory Isaacs,
Panda Bear,
The Smiths,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Godley & Creme,
Wally Richardson,
Lalann,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Mission of Burma,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Niagra,
The Techniques,
The Monochrome Set,
Shuggie Otis,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Durutti Column,
Delon & Dalcan,
Harpers Bizarre,
Brass Construction,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Von Mondo,
Yusef Lateef,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Seeds,
The Pretty Things,
Malaria!,
Mark Hollis,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Toni Rubio,
Kevin Saunderson,
Kas Product,
Roxy Music,
The Modern Lovers,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Todd Rundgren,
Don Cherry,
Skaos,
Maurizio,
Flash Fearless,
Goldenarms,
Intrusion,
Sister Nancy,
F. McDonald,
John Foxx,
Mr. Review,
Johnny Osbourne,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Colin Newman,
Junior Murvin,
Royal Trux,
Mad Mike,
Soft Cell,
Scion,
Bang On A Can,
Byron Stingily,
Porter Ricks,
Drexciya,
World's Most,
Erykah Badu,
Echospace,
Gang Starr, Gang Starr, Gang Starr, Gang Starr.
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.