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 Iran and from Manchester.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the sitar 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 Kool Moe Dee to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Trojans. All the underground hits.
All Banda Bassotti tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Techniques record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ultravox record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Minny Pops,
Eric Dolphy,
Half Japanese,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Cluster,
The United States of America,
Bootsy Collins,
Country Teasers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
F. McDonald,
La Düsseldorf,
Bill Near,
Lee Hazlewood,
Kerrie Biddell,
Das Ding,
Cameo,
Howard Jones,
Cheater Slicks,
Ornette Coleman,
H. Thieme,
Fad Gadget,
Godley & Creme,
Jeru the Damaja,
Barbara Tucker,
In Retrospect,
The Human League,
Bang On A Can,
KRS-One,
The Leaves,
Gichy Dan,
Man Eating Sloth,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Names,
The Selecter,
Girls At Our Best!,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Underground Resistance,
L. Decosne,
Fugazi,
Quantec,
Clear Light,
Pylon,
Lyres,
The Neon Judgement,
The Litter,
Agitation Free,
Groovy Waters,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Crooked Eye,
Saccharine Trust,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Kinks,
Quando Quango,
John Cale,
Sandy B,
Erykah Badu,
Sarah Menescal,
Marine Girls,
Jimmy McGriff,
David Axelrod, David Axelrod, David Axelrod, David Axelrod.
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.