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 Vietnam and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 mellotron 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 Los Fastidios to the grunge 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 DJ Sneak. All the underground hits.
All Theoretical Girls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Leaves 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marshall Jefferson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Country Teasers,
The Martian,
The Associates,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Techniques,
Iggy Pop,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Barclay James Harvest,
Pere Ubu,
Erykah Badu,
Monolake,
Throbbing Gristle,
Monks,
Masters at Work,
DNA,
Joy Division,
Sandy B,
The J.B.'s,
Underground Resistance,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The Index,
Dave Gahan,
Camouflage,
Dual Sessions,
Matthew Halsall,
Al Stewart,
Kurtis Blow,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sällskapet,
In Retrospect,
The Doobie Brothers,
Crispy Ambulance,
Slick Rick,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Tremeloes,
Henry Cow,
Ice-T,
Rhythm & Sound,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Tim Buckley,
MDC,
KRS-One,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Panda Bear,
Bobby Sherman,
Television Personalities,
Goldenarms,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
X-102,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Motorama,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sonic Youth,
Peter & Gordon,
ABBA,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Marmalade, Marmalade, Marmalade, Marmalade.
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.