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 Nigeria and from Hong Kong.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Bizarre Inc. to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Lebanon Hanover. All the underground hits.
All Suburban Knight tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ash Ra Tempel 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Brand Nubian record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fall,
Michelle Simonal,
DJ Sneak,
Bill Wells,
The Motions,
Quando Quango,
Nico,
Idris Muhammad,
Gang Green,
D'Angelo,
The Electric Prunes,
Joy Division,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Blancmange,
Make Up,
ABBA,
Radiopuhelimet,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ossler,
Bobby Sherman,
Mars,
The Raincoats,
Bronski Beat,
Goldenarms,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
8 Eyed Spy,
Johnny Clarke,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Fugs,
Hasil Adkins,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Leaves,
These Immortal Souls,
Brand Nubian,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Kerri Chandler,
Loose Ends,
Traffic Nightmare,
Lalann,
Joe Finger,
Scratch Acid,
Skriet,
Vainqueur,
Marvin Gaye,
One Last Wish,
The Last Poets,
The Kinks,
Sight & Sound,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Crash Course in Science,
Soft Cell,
Alison Limerick,
Joensuu 1685,
Cluster,
Judy Mowatt,
Cybotron,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Chrome,
Moby Grape,
Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne, Matthew Bourne.
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.