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 Iraq and from Hong Kong.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Lou Christie to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Babytalk. All the underground hits.
All Grauzone tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Intrusion record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Michelle Simonal 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?
John Foxx,
Todd Terry,
Ronnie Foster,
The Evens,
Jawbox,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Minutemen,
Swans,
Black Flag,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Five Americans,
10cc,
Unrelated Segments,
The Gap Band,
The Gladiators,
Pharoah Sanders,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Animal Collective,
Althea and Donna,
Kas Product,
The Sound,
Nik Kershaw,
Robert Görl,
Simply Red,
Freddie Wadling,
Interpol,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Deadbeat,
Guru Guru,
Johnny Osbourne,
Unwound,
Fatback Band,
MDC,
The Gories,
Agitation Free,
The Saints,
Echospace,
Rapeman,
DJ Sneak,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
New York Dolls,
Crispy Ambulance,
Lakeside,
Scientists,
the Bar-Kays,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Danielle Patucci,
Graham Central Station,
Crash Course in Science,
Pulsallama,
Radiopuhelimet,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Sällskapet,
F. McDonald,
Moebius,
Dark Day,
Rakim,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Gil Scott Heron,
Nation of Ulysses,
The Vogues,
Suicide,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers, De La Soul & Jungle Brothers.
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.