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 Antigua and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
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 Yusef Lateef to the funk 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 KRS-One. All the underground hits.
All The Mummies tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Heavy D & The Boyz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 guitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Red Lorry Yellow Lorry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Q65,
Agitation Free,
Bluetip,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Spoonie Gee,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Scion,
Robert Görl,
Sun City Girls,
L. Decosne,
PIL,
The Moody Blues,
Animal Collective,
Second Layer,
Soft Machine,
The Angels of Light,
Fad Gadget,
Pylon,
Jeff Mills,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Boredoms,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Circle Jerks,
The Human League,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Henry Cow,
Accadde A,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Jimmy McGriff,
New Age Steppers,
Chrome,
Surgeon,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Fear,
The Moleskins,
Lyres,
Skriet,
T.S.O.L.,
Mantronix,
Quadrant,
Jeff Lynne,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Jacob Miller,
Isaac Hayes,
Black Moon,
Black Flag,
Iggy Pop,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Busters,
FM Einheit,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Fluxion,
The Black Dice,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Colin Newman,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Public Enemy,
Kayak,
The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras, The Detroit Cobras.
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.