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 Rwanda and from Accra.
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 1964 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 güiro 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 CMW to the electroclash 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 Niagra. All the underground hits.
All Excepter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Niagra 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Qualms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Michelle Simonal,
Pierre Henry,
DJ Sneak,
Supertramp,
John Foxx,
Blancmange,
Ossler,
The Tremeloes,
Deepchord,
Andrew Hill,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Colin Newman,
Make Up,
Chris & Cosey,
Hashim,
Mandrill,
Dennis Brown,
Robert Görl,
The Slits,
The Sonics,
June of 44,
Jeff Lynne,
Derrick May,
Model 500,
The Music Machine,
Au Pairs,
The Names,
Interpol,
Suicide,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Talk Talk,
The Seeds,
Bronski Beat,
Scratch Acid,
The Trojans,
Black Sheep,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Max Romeo,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Con Funk Shun,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Groovy Waters,
Curtis Mayfield,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Toasters,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Blake Baxter,
Excepter,
Nico,
Henry Cow,
Jacob Miller,
Traffic Nightmare,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Ornette Coleman,
Soulsonic Force,
Theoretical Girls,
Adolescents,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Sonic Youth,
Ken Boothe,
Fat Boys,
Severed Heads,
The Mojo Men, The Mojo Men, The Mojo Men, The Mojo Men.
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.