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 Iran and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in 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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Vaughan Mason & Crew to the jazz kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Erasure. All the underground hits.
All DeepChord presents Echospace tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agitation Free record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 a chamberlin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a James White and The Blacks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kaleidoscope,
K-Klass,
Procol Harum,
Bobby Byrd,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Susan Cadogan,
Animal Collective,
Morten Harket,
Ornette Coleman,
F. McDonald,
Kerri Chandler,
Television,
Vainqueur,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Amon Düül II,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Yazoo,
Robert Görl,
The Dead C,
Tim Buckley,
Mark Hollis,
Wolf Eyes,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Gerry Rafferty,
Saccharine Trust,
Mars,
The American Breed,
Albert Ayler,
Radiohead,
LL Cool J,
Sandy B,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Schoolly D,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Gang of Four,
Scott Walker,
Nick Fraelich,
The Neon Judgement,
Roger Hodgson,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Deepchord,
Reuben Wilson,
Fluxion,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Laurel Aitken,
Sonic Youth,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Cal Tjader,
Darondo,
Goldenarms,
Flamin' Groovies,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
T.S.O.L.,
Index,
Radio Birdman,
Kurtis Blow,
Jeru the Damaja,
The Saints,
Delta 5,
The Fuzztones,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.