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 Slovakia and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1965 at the first Beefheart practice in a loft in Lancaster.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Dual Sessions to the grime 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 Soul II Soul. All the underground hits.
All Vladislav Delay tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell 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 sitar and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
ABC,
Alphaville,
Magazine,
Accadde A,
Reagan Youth,
Cal Tjader,
Lalann,
Can,
Gang Green,
The Smiths,
La Düsseldorf,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
DJ Sneak,
Soul Sonic Force,
Godley & Creme,
B.T. Express,
Ultravox,
the Slits,
The Offenders,
JFA,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Remains,
Idris Muhammad,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Gabor Szabo,
Marshall Jefferson,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Saints,
Half Japanese,
Cymande,
China Crisis,
Maleditus Sound,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Kinks,
Man Eating Sloth,
Newcleus,
John Foxx,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Sparks,
Silicon Teens,
Derrick Morgan,
Kayak,
Theoretical Girls,
Arab on Radar,
F. McDonald,
the Human League,
Flash Fearless,
The Dave Clark Five,
Nik Kershaw,
Funky Four + One,
Morten Harket,
Colin Newman,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Massinfluence,
The Cowsills,
Delta 5,
The Index,
Pantytec,
Susan Cadogan,
Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton, Anthony Braxton.
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.