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 Canada and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Lyon.
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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the marimba 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 Joe Smooth to the dance 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 Nils Olav. All the underground hits.
All Marmalade tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Essential Logic record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a R.M.O. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Detroit Cobras,
The Sisters of Mercy,
New Order,
Stockholm Monsters,
Jeff Lynne,
Lalann,
the Bar-Kays,
David Axelrod,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Gil Scott Heron,
Massinfluence,
The Index,
Sun City Girls,
Roxy Music,
Royal Trux,
John Cale,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Pet Shop Boys,
Whodini,
Althea and Donna,
E-Dancer,
Gong,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Grandmaster Flash,
Marmalade,
Marvin Gaye,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
PIL,
Nik Kershaw,
Howard Jones,
Crispian St. Peters,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Red Krayola,
Sonic Youth,
Little Man,
Silicon Teens,
Section 25,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Albert Ayler,
Maleditus Sound,
Lightning Bolt,
Bush Tetras,
These Immortal Souls,
Oblivians,
The Golliwogs,
Fatback Band,
Nick Fraelich,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
James White and The Blacks,
Hashim,
Soul II Soul,
Quando Quango,
Los Fastidios,
The Neon Judgement,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
the Swans,
Eden Ahbez,
Ultra Naté,
Laurel Aitken,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Knickerbockers,
The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics, The Sonics.
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.