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 Iceland and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Alton Ellis to the techno 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 Nirvana. All the underground hits.
All Pierre Henry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Beau Brummels record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 guitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Maurizio record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
kango's stein massive,
Fluxion,
Rapeman,
Swans,
Glambeats Corp.,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Trojans,
Shoche,
Talk Talk,
Camouflage,
Public Image Ltd.,
New Age Steppers,
Rufus Thomas,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Faust,
Harry Pussy,
Minny Pops,
The Electric Prunes,
Lucky Dragons,
Wasted Youth,
FM Einheit,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Marine Girls,
The Walker Brothers,
Mo-Dettes,
The Flesh Eaters,
Flash Fearless,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Audionom,
DJ Sneak,
Niagra,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Scion,
Agent Orange,
Pagans,
Crispian St. Peters,
Sixth Finger,
Pylon,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
EPMD,
Kenny Larkin,
Skriet,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Graham Central Station,
Basic Channel,
The Names,
Metal Thangz,
Roxy Music,
Dave Gahan,
Sugar Minott,
Electric Prunes,
The Knickerbockers,
cv313,
Girls At Our Best!,
Eurythmics,
Bill Near,
R.M.O.,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Real Kids,
MC5,
Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica.
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.