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 Nigeria and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 8 Eyed Spy to the disco kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 the Fania All-Stars. All the underground hits.
All Eddi Front tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Arthur Verocai record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an arpeggiator and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Surgeon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ponytail,
Public Image Ltd.,
Tommy Roe,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Crash Course in Science,
The Seeds,
Cameo,
The Modern Lovers,
The Invisible,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Godley & Creme,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Thee Headcoats,
Spoonie Gee,
Parry Music,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Scott Walker,
Darondo,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Wolf Eyes,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Techniques,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Ronan,
The Cramps,
Sight & Sound,
Rakim,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Gang of Four,
Talk Talk,
Robert Wyatt,
B.T. Express,
John Foxx,
Adolescents,
Buzzcocks,
Cluster,
Kaleidoscope,
The Detroit Cobras,
Albert Ayler,
Janne Schatter,
Glambeats Corp.,
Neu!,
Ken Boothe,
Slave,
The Associates,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Porter Ricks,
Michelle Simonal,
Silicon Teens,
The Trojans,
Pantaleimon,
The Black Dice,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Franke,
Shoche,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Goldenarms,
The United States of America,
The Smoke,
A Certain Ratio,
Rhythm & Sound,
Roxy Music,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Negative Approach, Negative Approach, Negative Approach, Negative Approach.
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.