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 Norway and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Mark Hollis to the crunk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All Reuben Wilson tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eric B and Rakim record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Archie Shepp record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Toasters,
Bill Near,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Black Dice,
Hardrive,
The Cramps,
Funkadelic,
Goldenarms,
Arthur Verocai,
Chris & Cosey,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Doobie Brothers,
Audionom,
Blossom Toes,
Peter and Kerry,
Pet Shop Boys,
Deakin,
Glambeats Corp.,
Negative Approach,
Bluetip,
Silicon Teens,
Lucky Dragons,
Max Romeo,
These Immortal Souls,
Cluster,
Avey Tare,
The Dead C,
Robert Görl,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Can,
Index,
Marvin Gaye,
Joe Smooth,
Outsiders,
The Blues Magoos,
Main Source,
Fad Gadget,
the Bar-Kays,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Quantec,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Sandy B,
Amon Düül II,
Barclay James Harvest,
Davy DMX,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Cybotron,
Infiniti,
Thee Headcoats,
Gang Gang Dance,
Swans,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Marcia Griffiths,
Bobby Womack,
Fear,
Q and Not U,
The Kinks,
Sparks,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra.
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.