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 Greece and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Isaac Hayes 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 La Düsseldorf. All the underground hits.
All OOIOO tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Little Man record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sexual Harrassment record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The United States of America,
Soulsonic Force,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Juan Atkins,
Bootsy Collins,
Henry Cow,
Anthony Braxton,
Hashim,
The Trojans,
Morten Harket,
Television Personalities,
Heaven 17,
Deepchord,
Yazoo,
Sam Rivers,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
the Slits,
Ituana,
Young Marble Giants,
Rosa Yemen,
Johnny Osbourne,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Last Poets,
Bluetip,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Minnie Riperton,
B.T. Express,
Flipper,
Spandau Ballet,
Dorothy Ashby,
Bizarre Inc.,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Max Romeo,
cv313,
Pierre Henry,
Masters at Work,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Pulsallama,
Bobby Sherman,
Mars,
One Last Wish,
Drexciya,
David Axelrod,
Skaos,
Moby Grape,
Con Funk Shun,
Tim Buckley,
The Busters,
Maleditus Sound,
Simply Red,
The Misunderstood,
David McCallum,
Dawn Penn,
Letta Mbulu,
Idris Muhammad,
ABBA,
the Association,
Lalann,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Susan Cadogan,
Siglo XX,
Matthew Halsall, Matthew Halsall, Matthew Halsall, Matthew Halsall.
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.