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 Mongolia and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 clarinet 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 Eyeless In Gaza to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Derrick Morgan. All the underground hits.
All Jacob Miller tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Delta 5 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Hoover record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Grey Daturas,
The Wake,
Basic Channel,
Man Parrish,
Darondo,
Terrestrial Tones,
Sight & Sound,
The United States of America,
Sun City Girls,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Monochrome Set,
New Age Steppers,
Marmalade,
Gang of Four,
Leonard Cohen,
X-Ray Spex,
Crash Course in Science,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Idris Muhammad,
The Stooges,
Deepchord,
Lou Christie,
The Move,
Scion,
Ronnie Foster,
Charles Mingus,
Quadrant,
Minnie Riperton,
The Five Americans,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Matthew Bourne,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Simply Red,
Kool Moe Dee,
Lee Hazlewood,
Barbara Tucker,
Das Ding,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Parry Music,
Bob Dylan,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Piero Umiliani,
Eve St. Jones,
Neil Young,
Steve Hackett,
Jandek,
Sam Rivers,
Radio Birdman,
Michelle Simonal,
Maurizio,
The Birthday Party,
Public Enemy,
Stetsasonic,
Roy Ayers,
Lightning Bolt,
Hot Snakes,
Banda Bassotti,
Alphaville,
Lou Reed,
Echospace,
Lalo Schifrin,
Quando Quango,
Sister Nancy,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisters of Mercy, The Sisters of Mercy.
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.