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 Nigeria and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and London.
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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the güiro 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 Tomorrow to the disco 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 Lindisfarne. All the underground hits.
All Derrick May tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Reuben Wilson 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Todd Rundgren record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Young Marble Giants,
June Days,
Gabor Szabo,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Das Ding,
Jeff Lynne,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Junior Murvin,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Sam Rivers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Bobby Sherman,
Index,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Godley & Creme,
Rosa Yemen,
Metal Thangz,
Rufus Thomas,
Soul II Soul,
Anthony Braxton,
Delta 5,
Y Pants,
Barclay James Harvest,
Roxy Music,
Joensuu 1685,
The Zeros,
X-Ray Spex,
John Coltrane,
Masters at Work,
Q65,
Public Enemy,
Kevin Saunderson,
Outsiders,
Yaz,
Glambeats Corp.,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Fuzztones,
MDC,
Ossler,
Howard Jones,
Leonard Cohen,
Underground Resistance,
John Cale,
New Age Steppers,
The Misunderstood,
The United States of America,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
John Foxx,
Nas,
Reuben Wilson,
Crispy Ambulance,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Surgeon,
Tres Demented,
Cheater Slicks,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Animal Collective,
Subhumans,
Ten City,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy.
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.