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 Bolivia and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 Captain Beefheart 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 The Motions to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Hot Snakes. All the underground hits.
All Sight & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Black Moon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delon & Dalcan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Index,
ABBA,
Hashim,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Pop Group,
New Order,
Nas,
Public Image Ltd.,
These Immortal Souls,
Connie Case,
Mantronix,
Barclay James Harvest,
David McCallum,
Excepter,
Newcleus,
Derrick Morgan,
Ronan,
Sugar Minott,
the Association,
Gerry Rafferty,
Sarah Menescal,
Rufus Thomas,
Marmalade,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Quando Quango,
Alice Coltrane,
The Zeros,
Barry Ungar,
E-Dancer,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Yaz,
Funky Four + One,
The Monks,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Wake,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Dawn Penn,
Goldenarms,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Zero Boys,
the Bar-Kays,
Matthew Halsall,
Girls At Our Best!,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Aswad,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Mo-Dettes,
Banda Bassotti,
Camberwell Now,
The Sonics,
Colin Newman,
Masters at Work,
Amon Düül,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Section 25,
The Star Department,
John Cale,
X-101,
Johnny Clarke,
Bad Manners,
Wire,
Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub, Stereo Dub.
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.