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 Azerbaijan and from Mexico City.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Pere Ubu to the grunge 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 The Music Machine. All the underground hits.
All Bang On A Can tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ralphi Rosario record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Suicide,
China Crisis,
The Wake,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Youth Brigade,
Agent Orange,
Monks,
Marvin Gaye,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Make Up,
Ralphi Rosario,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Fatback Band,
The Techniques,
Fugazi,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Thompson Twins,
Eric Dolphy,
Procol Harum,
Smog,
Spoonie Gee,
Sonic Youth,
Al Stewart,
Brothers Johnson,
The Skatalites,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Idris Muhammad,
Jesper Dahlback,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Cameo,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Doobie Brothers,
Main Source,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Soft Machine,
Kenny Larkin,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
One Last Wish,
Crime,
Lou Christie,
Bronski Beat,
Kas Product,
Howard Jones,
Bill Near,
Franke,
Tears for Fears,
Brass Construction,
E-Dancer,
Adolescents,
Gang of Four,
Swell Maps,
Spandau Ballet,
The Count Five,
Soul Sonic Force,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Moby Grape,
Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes.
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.