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 Belize and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Ponytail to the punk 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 Nation of Ulysses. All the underground hits.
All Ralphi Rosario tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Dave Clark Five record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Red Lorry Yellow Lorry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Residents,
The Techniques,
Ten City,
DJ Sneak,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gang Green,
Boredoms,
T. Rex,
Delon & Dalcan,
Kaleidoscope,
Traffic Nightmare,
Blake Baxter,
Michelle Simonal,
The Alarm Clocks,
Yaz,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Beau Brummels,
Althea and Donna,
Roger Hodgson,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Matthew Bourne,
The Fortunes,
The Modern Lovers,
Peter and Kerry,
Bobby Sherman,
Simply Red,
Technova,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Marvin Gaye,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Birthday Party,
Hashim,
One Last Wish,
Danielle Patucci,
Supertramp,
Rotary Connection,
Harmonia,
Donny Hathaway,
Young Marble Giants,
Qualms,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Kayak,
Aloha Tigers,
Monolake,
Chris & Cosey,
Steve Hackett,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Ossler,
Lower 48,
Organ,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Girls At Our Best!,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Pharoah Sanders,
Aaron Thompson,
The Wake,
Zapp,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Maleditus Sound,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
DJ Style,
Rekid,
Bootsy Collins,
Deakin, Deakin, Deakin, Deakin.
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.