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 Mozambique and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the guitar 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 The Busters to the crunk 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 UT. All the underground hits.
All The Young Rascals tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Unrelated Segments record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dual Sessions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Johnny Clarke,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Skatalites,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Fela Kuti,
Bizarre Inc.,
Harmonia,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Lucky Dragons,
Pharoah Sanders,
Eden Ahbez,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Evens,
Lindisfarne,
Saccharine Trust,
Royal Trux,
The Happenings,
Juan Atkins,
Freddie Wadling,
Jacques Brel,
Amon Düül,
kango's stein massive,
Rosa Yemen,
Television Personalities,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Tom Boy,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Alphaville,
Kas Product,
The Monochrome Set,
Gang Gang Dance,
Tubeway Army,
The Gories,
Audionom,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Sister Nancy,
Hashim,
Grey Daturas,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Sexual Harrassment,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Public Image Ltd.,
Drexciya,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Eli Mardock,
Sparks,
Main Source,
Radiohead,
Rotary Connection,
E-Dancer,
Agitation Free,
Livin' Joy,
Quadrant,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Absolute Body Control,
Groovy Waters,
Minor Threat,
Cabaret Voltaire,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Country Teasers, Country Teasers, Country Teasers, Country Teasers.
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.