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 Djibouti and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1967 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 guitar 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 ABC to the electroclash 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 Sun Ra. All the underground hits.
All Bush Tetras 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 an oboe and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visage record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Whodini,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Yellowson,
Second Layer,
The Skatalites,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Black Dice,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Curtis Mayfield,
The American Breed,
Gregory Isaacs,
Hot Snakes,
Pussy Galore,
Aaron Thompson,
Stereo Dub,
The Dave Clark Five,
Public Enemy,
Andrew Hill,
Gong,
Y Pants,
Gabor Szabo,
Minor Threat,
Kool Moe Dee,
Das Ding,
Desert Stars,
Peter & Gordon,
Slick Rick,
Scientists,
Rotary Connection,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Searchers,
Nils Olav,
Radiohead,
Saccharine Trust,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Alison Limerick,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Chris & Cosey,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Moleskins,
Kayak,
Cluster,
La Düsseldorf,
Fad Gadget,
The Gories,
Harry Pussy,
Lou Reed,
Newcleus,
Colin Newman,
New York Dolls,
Jeru the Damaja,
Liliput,
Brothers Johnson,
UT,
The Buckinghams,
Bill Wells,
Marine Girls,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Brand Nubian,
Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal, Sarah Menescal.
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.