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 Fiji and from Woodstock.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Fugs to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Stooges. All the underground hits.
All The Skatalites tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joe Smooth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Deakin record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Albert Ayler,
Nik Kershaw,
The Walker Brothers,
Zero Boys,
Arcadia,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
the Normal,
Mark Hollis,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
DJ Style,
The Victims,
Bang On A Can,
Steve Hackett,
New Age Steppers,
Flash Fearless,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
James White and The Blacks,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gang Green,
Television Personalities,
CMW,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Marcia Griffiths,
Pussy Galore,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Star Department,
Kerri Chandler,
Shuggie Otis,
Half Japanese,
The Modern Lovers,
Schoolly D,
Flamin' Groovies,
Pet Shop Boys,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Popol Vuh,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Kas Product,
Ohio Players,
Hashim,
Grandmaster Flash,
Kayak,
Aswad,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Newcleus,
Mo-Dettes,
Joey Negro,
Bootsy Collins,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Severed Heads,
The Neon Judgement,
Animal Collective,
Amon Düül II,
John Lydon,
The Monks,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Quantec,
Barry Ungar,
Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions.
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.