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 Djibouti and from Woodstock.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Icehouse to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Circle Jerks. All the underground hits.
All Gichy Dan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Technova record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nik Kershaw record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Peter & Gordon,
Eric Dolphy,
Letta Mbulu,
Eden Ahbez,
Ten City,
Groovy Waters,
Urselle,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Donny Hathaway,
Von Mondo,
The Smoke,
Hasil Adkins,
Pharoah Sanders,
Scott Walker,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Names,
Aloha Tigers,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Guru Guru,
Fad Gadget,
Piero Umiliani,
The Invisible,
MDC,
Pierre Henry,
Jawbox,
Gerry Rafferty,
Cecil Taylor,
Das Ding,
Duran Duran,
The Standells,
Eric Copeland,
Barbara Tucker,
ABBA,
Curtis Mayfield,
Tommy Roe,
The Fuzztones,
Yaz,
Radio Birdman,
Quando Quango,
Bush Tetras,
Dave Gahan,
Anakelly,
Cymande,
The Young Rascals,
Robert Hood,
The Offenders,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Associates,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Gang Green,
Aaron Thompson,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Connie Case,
The Moleskins,
Pantytec,
Heaven 17,
Althea and Donna,
Jesper Dahlback,
Dead Boys,
MC5,
Mantronix,
June Days,
kango's stein massive,
Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin, Junior Murvin.
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.