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 El Salvador and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1966 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 Simply Red to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 The Sound. All the underground hits.
All Gregory Isaacs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Wake record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bob Dylan,
China Crisis,
Hardrive,
Subhumans,
Soul II Soul,
A Certain Ratio,
Japan,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
OOIOO,
Aural Exciters,
Darondo,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Camouflage,
The Stooges,
Interpol,
Agent Orange,
Public Enemy,
Slick Rick,
David Axelrod,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Radiopuhelimet,
Average White Band,
Icehouse,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Ponytail,
Nation of Ulysses,
Spoonie Gee,
Wire,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Gong,
Khruangbin,
Cybotron,
Trumans Water,
June Days,
Unwound,
PIL,
Piero Umiliani,
Tim Buckley,
Peter and Kerry,
Loose Ends,
The Motions,
James White and The Blacks,
Mantronix,
Second Layer,
Rod Modell,
KRS-One,
Tres Demented,
June of 44,
Delta 5,
Sandy B,
E-Dancer,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Jandek,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Nirvana,
cv313,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Names,
The Gun Club,
Godley & Creme,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Joey Negro, Joey Negro, Joey Negro, Joey Negro.
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.