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 London.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Louis and Bebe Barron to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Shuggie Otis. All the underground hits.
All Easy Going tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visage 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a AZ record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joe Smooth,
Prince Buster,
Ronan,
Sugar Minott,
Crispian St. Peters,
Black Flag,
Unrelated Segments,
AZ,
The Index,
Pet Shop Boys,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Techniques,
Carl Craig,
Deepchord,
Easy Going,
Kurtis Blow,
These Immortal Souls,
EPMD,
Donald Byrd,
Nik Kershaw,
Rhythm & Sound,
Dual Sessions,
John Lydon,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Raincoats,
Wally Richardson,
DNA,
The Gories,
DJ Style,
Roy Ayers,
Anthony Braxton,
Yaz,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Henry Cow,
Aloha Tigers,
John Holt,
The Leaves,
Nirvana,
The Neon Judgement,
Grandmaster Flash,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Archie Shepp,
Mantronix,
Maurizio,
Flamin' Groovies,
Moss Icon,
Ultravox,
Ituana,
Clear Light,
Hasil Adkins,
Alphaville,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Eric Dolphy,
Gang Green,
The Walker Brothers,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Todd Terry,
Fluxion,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas.
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.