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 Kiribati and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise show in London.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Matthew Halsall to the electroclash 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 Kings Of Tomorrow. All the underground hits.
All Joe Smooth tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Adolescents record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kango’s Stein Massive record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Modern Lovers,
Scott Walker,
Brand Nubian,
Drive Like Jehu,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Blossom Toes,
Frankie Knuckles,
OOIOO,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Zeros,
Depeche Mode,
Lee Hazlewood,
Audionom,
Curtis Mayfield,
MDC,
Michelle Simonal,
Panda Bear,
Traffic Nightmare,
Henry Cow,
The Sound,
Amon Düül II,
Marcia Griffiths,
Yazoo,
Oblivians,
the Germs,
Sällskapet,
The Walker Brothers,
U.S. Maple,
Shuggie Otis,
These Immortal Souls,
The Fuzztones,
The Count Five,
Kenny Larkin,
Sight & Sound,
Girls At Our Best!,
Shoche,
Make Up,
The Blues Magoos,
Funkadelic,
Urselle,
Sex Pistols,
Cecil Taylor,
Pylon,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Saints,
Buzzcocks,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Agent Orange,
Motorama,
John Foxx,
The Martian,
Matthew Halsall,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Isaac Hayes,
Dawn Penn,
Ultravox,
Jeff Lynne,
Deakin,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.