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 Jamaica and from Shanghai.
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 Bologna and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Faraquet to the grime 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 Amon Düül. All the underground hits.
All Harmonia tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gichy Dan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soft Machine record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Detroit Cobras,
Michelle Simonal,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The J.B.'s,
Nas,
The Five Americans,
T.S.O.L.,
Prince Buster,
Fear,
The Birthday Party,
Idris Muhammad,
Wally Richardson,
The Moleskins,
FM Einheit,
Eurythmics,
Niagra,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Animal Collective,
Heaven 17,
cv313,
Motorama,
Visage,
Slick Rick,
Peter and Kerry,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Searchers,
Robert Görl,
Connie Case,
Althea and Donna,
Stetsasonic,
Johnny Clarke,
Sarah Menescal,
Public Enemy,
Hashim,
Fugazi,
Davy DMX,
Alice Coltrane,
Lindisfarne,
Delta 5,
The Remains,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Anakelly,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Velvet Underground,
The Blues Magoos,
The Human League,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Dirtbombs,
Joe Smooth,
U.S. Maple,
Black Sheep,
Massinfluence,
Lyres,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Pagans,
Marshall Jefferson,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Stereo Dub,
Fad Gadget,
Eric Dolphy,
Pharoah Sanders,
Sly & The Family Stone, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly & The Family Stone, Sly & The Family Stone.
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.