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 Ecuador and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1966 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Quadrant to the electroclash 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 Pantytec. All the underground hits.
All The Gories tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Tomorrow record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rahsaan Roland Kirk record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Birthday Party,
R.M.O.,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Litter,
Banda Bassotti,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Index,
LL Cool J,
Faraquet,
Judy Mowatt,
Gil Scott Heron,
Can,
Black Sheep,
Pulsallama,
Japan,
Hoover,
Kenny Larkin,
Yellowson,
Nik Kershaw,
Drexciya,
Sällskapet,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Tomorrow,
David Bowie,
Deadbeat,
Royal Trux,
Rapeman,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Skarface,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Deepchord,
Brothers Johnson,
Outsiders,
The Mummies,
Lyres,
Bobby Womack,
Soulsonic Force,
These Immortal Souls,
Yusef Lateef,
Excepter,
Junior Murvin,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Subhumans,
The Monochrome Set,
Gichy Dan,
The Cure,
Alphaville,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Kurtis Blow,
Model 500,
Radiohead,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The United States of America,
Howard Jones,
kango's stein massive,
Whodini,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Toasters,
Vainqueur,
The Move,
Mandrill,
OOIOO, OOIOO, OOIOO, OOIOO.
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.