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 Cyprus and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 The Evens to the rock 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 The Seeds. All the underground hits.
All Dennis Brown tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Procol Harum record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Monolake record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Terrestrial Tones,
kango's stein massive,
The Moleskins,
The Knickerbockers,
Maleditus Sound,
Ronan,
Qualms,
The Fortunes,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Standells,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
MDC,
Sixth Finger,
Ossler,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Lightning Bolt,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Durutti Column,
Barclay James Harvest,
Duran Duran,
Au Pairs,
Animal Collective,
Darondo,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Neil Young,
Deepchord,
Gichy Dan,
The Move,
Young Marble Giants,
Mary Jane Girls,
Can,
AZ,
The Fuzztones,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
One Last Wish,
Heaven 17,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Dead C,
Loose Ends,
The Fire Engines,
The Leaves,
Television,
Carl Craig,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Rakim,
Barry Ungar,
Anakelly,
Eric B and Rakim,
R.M.O.,
Easy Going,
Jawbox,
EPMD,
Ultra Naté,
Drexciya,
Nico,
Magma,
Fad Gadget,
Gastr Del Sol, Gastr Del Sol, Gastr Del Sol, Gastr Del Sol.
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.