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 Sweden and from Manila.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Johnny Osbourne to the jazz 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 Star Department. All the underground hits.
All Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every X-101 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 theremin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Don Cherry,
Todd Rundgren,
Grauzone,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The Monks,
Thompson Twins,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Sight & Sound,
Yellowson,
The United States of America,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
the Slits,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Joensuu 1685,
The Fuzztones,
Sällskapet,
Joyce Sims,
Aaron Thompson,
June of 44,
Marine Girls,
Alphaville,
Cal Tjader,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Cheater Slicks,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Red Krayola,
Marcia Griffiths,
Archie Shepp,
Pulsallama,
Faraquet,
Gang Gang Dance,
The American Breed,
Groovy Waters,
The Zeros,
The Standells,
Procol Harum,
Urselle,
Desert Stars,
Lalann,
Sarah Menescal,
the Germs,
Iggy Pop,
Monolake,
Barclay James Harvest,
the Sonics,
Dorothy Ashby,
Bluetip,
Vainqueur,
Eve St. Jones,
Erykah Badu,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Young Marble Giants,
Eden Ahbez,
The Black Dice,
PIL,
Tres Demented,
Flamin' Groovies,
Hardrive,
Icehouse,
One Last Wish,
New Order,
Darondo,
Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler, Kerri Chandler.
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.