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 Mexico City.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 JFA to the techno 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 Gang of Four. All the underground hits.
All Monks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Slits 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gong record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Human League,
Sällskapet,
X-102,
The Litter,
The Fugs,
Chrome,
The Pop Group,
Audionom,
Average White Band,
Negative Approach,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Michelle Simonal,
The Fire Engines,
Quantec,
Interpol,
Guru Guru,
Metal Thangz,
Panda Bear,
The Martian,
Niagra,
Idris Muhammad,
Loose Ends,
Matthew Bourne,
Mo-Dettes,
The Associates,
Vladislav Delay,
The Cure,
D'Angelo,
Simply Red,
Flipper,
Outsiders,
Matthew Halsall,
Desert Stars,
Harpers Bizarre,
Whodini,
Darondo,
Brothers Johnson,
EPMD,
Saccharine Trust,
Warsaw,
Funky Four + One,
Bobby Byrd,
La Düsseldorf,
Franke,
Barbara Tucker,
New Age Steppers,
The Birthday Party,
Barclay James Harvest,
Leonard Cohen,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Cal Tjader,
Lou Christie,
The Doobie Brothers,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Morten Harket,
the Soft Cell,
New Order,
Main Source,
John Cale,
The Flesh Eaters,
Black Moon,
The Toasters,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.