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 Liechtenstein and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Soul II Soul to the rap kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane. All the underground hits.
All Gian Franco Pienzio tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lou Christie record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Buzzcocks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Radiohead,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Bill Wells,
The Martian,
Swell Maps,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Jandek,
Morten Harket,
Kevin Saunderson,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Funkadelic,
Alton Ellis,
The Litter,
Bill Near,
June Days,
Eurythmics,
Avey Tare,
Blossom Toes,
The Fugs,
Gil Scott Heron,
Rhythm & Sound,
Sparks,
Camberwell Now,
Symarip,
Bizarre Inc.,
Absolute Body Control,
Connie Case,
A Certain Ratio,
Depeche Mode,
Lalann,
Roxette,
Colin Newman,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Camouflage,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Sonny Sharrock,
Rufus Thomas,
Quando Quango,
New Age Steppers,
Michelle Simonal,
The Victims,
Bobby Byrd,
Cluster,
Banda Bassotti,
The Skatalites,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Alphaville,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Anthony Braxton,
Flash Fearless,
Pulsallama,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Wally Richardson,
Terry Callier,
Jawbox,
Echospace,
Ultra Naté,
The Dirtbombs,
Bobby Womack,
The Wake,
Harmonia,
Fad Gadget,
Porter Ricks, Porter Ricks, Porter Ricks, Porter Ricks.
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.