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 Peru and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1967 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Taipei.
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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the 808 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 Fort Wilson Riot to the disco kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Swans. All the underground hits.
All Can tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Thompson Twins record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 harpsichord and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lou Reed & Metallica record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Godley & Creme,
Lucky Dragons,
Swans,
Motorama,
The Angels of Light,
Q and Not U,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Tomorrow,
John Foxx,
Pantaleimon,
X-102,
Rekid,
Bizarre Inc.,
Mantronix,
Soul Sonic Force,
Fad Gadget,
Boredoms,
London Community Gospel Choir,
the Bar-Kays,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Slick Rick,
Laurel Aitken,
Boogie Down Productions,
Bobby Byrd,
U.S. Maple,
The Birthday Party,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Basic Channel,
The Cramps,
Robert Wyatt,
Marshall Jefferson,
Blancmange,
Half Japanese,
Reuben Wilson,
The Dave Clark Five,
Roy Ayers,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Index,
June Days,
Wolf Eyes,
Tubeway Army,
Black Sheep,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Letta Mbulu,
Yusef Lateef,
Minutemen,
The Buckinghams,
Wally Richardson,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Roger Hodgson,
The Shadows of Knight,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Kevin Saunderson,
Anakelly,
Parry Music,
Das Ding,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Maleditus Sound,
Todd Terry,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
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.