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 India and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Eden Ahbez to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Names. All the underground hits.
All Sound Behaviour tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Stetsasonic record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sonny Sharrock record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Reagan Youth,
Chris & Cosey,
Judy Mowatt,
Max Romeo,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Marvin Gaye,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
L. Decosne,
Goldenarms,
Black Flag,
Terry Callier,
ABBA,
Fela Kuti,
Colin Newman,
Bobby Sherman,
New York Dolls,
CMW,
Deepchord,
Deadbeat,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Associates,
Boz Scaggs,
The Gories,
Porter Ricks,
Chris Corsano,
Anthony Braxton,
Gang Starr,
Donny Hathaway,
Soft Cell,
The Mojo Men,
Erykah Badu,
Gichy Dan,
Boredoms,
Skaos,
Rotary Connection,
In Retrospect,
Gang Gang Dance,
AZ,
Fear,
Dawn Penn,
One Last Wish,
Vladislav Delay,
PIL,
Derrick Morgan,
Blake Baxter,
Suburban Knight,
Flash Fearless,
Make Up,
Quantec,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Fire Engines,
The Techniques,
Nico,
Henry Cow,
DJ Sneak,
Shuggie Otis,
Animal Collective,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Slackers,
Desert Stars,
MDC,
Strawberry Alarm Clock, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Strawberry Alarm Clock.
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.