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 Chile and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Edmonton.
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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the theremin 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 Minor Threat to the grime 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 Human League. All the underground hits.
All Hashim tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marcia Griffiths 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Quantec record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Aswad,
The Fuzztones,
Livin' Joy,
Amon Düül II,
Section 25,
Stereo Dub,
Maleditus Sound,
Bob Dylan,
Little Man,
Flash Fearless,
Pantytec,
John Lydon,
Shoche,
Alton Ellis,
Jerry Gold Smith,
T.S.O.L.,
kango's stein massive,
Lakeside,
Marmalade,
Godley & Creme,
Rufus Thomas,
Skaos,
The Knickerbockers,
UT,
Swell Maps,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Symarip,
Lebanon Hanover,
E-Dancer,
The Gun Club,
Jacob Miller,
Robert Wyatt,
Prince Buster,
Erykah Badu,
Mark Hollis,
The Sonics,
Gang Green,
Glambeats Corp.,
DJ Style,
Deakin,
Japan,
Bang On A Can,
Aloha Tigers,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Jeru the Damaja,
Depeche Mode,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Vogues,
The Associates,
Jeff Mills,
Parry Music,
the Association,
The Trojans,
Roy Ayers,
Trumans Water,
Kenny Larkin,
Chrome,
New Order,
Desert Stars,
the Bar-Kays,
X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex, X-Ray Spex.
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.