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 Belgium and from Manchester.
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 1968 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Rotary Connection to the punk 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 Ultramagnetic MC's. All the underground hits.
All Siglo XX tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Angels of Light record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 sitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a cv313 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bronski Beat,
Ronnie Foster,
Lee Hazlewood,
Soft Machine,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Cure,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Toni Rubio,
the Bar-Kays,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Slick Rick,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Stooges,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Can,
Suicide,
The Techniques,
Flamin' Groovies,
the Human League,
The Five Americans,
Darondo,
Danielle Patucci,
Junior Murvin,
Ornette Coleman,
These Immortal Souls,
Pet Shop Boys,
Robert Hood,
Terry Callier,
Dorothy Ashby,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Nico,
Moss Icon,
Byron Stingily,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
New Age Steppers,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Cameo,
Lalann,
Ultravox,
The Index,
Babytalk,
The Residents,
Glenn Branca,
Model 500,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Black Sheep,
Outsiders,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Kurtis Blow,
The Smoke,
Joe Finger,
Simply Red,
The Neon Judgement,
Kas Product,
Camberwell Now,
Marvin Gaye,
Quadrant,
Mantronix,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Parry Music,
the Germs,
Barry Ungar,
The Blues Magoos,
The Shadows of Knight, The Shadows of Knight, The Shadows of Knight, The Shadows of Knight.
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.