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 Iran and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 The Raincoats to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 China Crisis. All the underground hits.
All Gang of Four tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fugs record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cybotron,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Peter and Kerry,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Joe Smooth,
Soulsonic Force,
Dennis Brown,
Joey Negro,
Deadbeat,
Pylon,
The United States of America,
The Durutti Column,
Duran Duran,
ABC,
Buzzcocks,
Pussy Galore,
Dark Day,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The Kinks,
The Birthday Party,
Soul II Soul,
Johnny Clarke,
the Association,
Flamin' Groovies,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Man Eating Sloth,
Groovy Waters,
The Invisible,
Bobby Womack,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Bush Tetras,
Roy Ayers,
Cluster,
Amazonics,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Alphaville,
Sonic Youth,
The Skatalites,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Excepter,
The Seeds,
The Dave Clark Five,
Avey Tare,
Livin' Joy,
the Human League,
The Slits,
Technova,
Liliput,
Fad Gadget,
The Modern Lovers,
John Lydon,
Das Ding,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Second Layer,
Fluxion,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Fat Boys,
Franke,
June of 44,
Television Personalities,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.