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 Papua New Guinea and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1968 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the linndrum 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 The Cramps to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Ash Ra Tempel. All the underground hits.
All Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every London Community Gospel Choir record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 güiro and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Cramps record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Howard Jones,
Deadbeat,
The Real Kids,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Television,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Rekid,
Bluetip,
Deepchord,
Barbara Tucker,
The Young Rascals,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Depeche Mode,
Isaac Hayes,
Saccharine Trust,
Bauhaus,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Massinfluence,
Whodini,
Man Parrish,
Trumans Water,
Kayak,
Amazonics,
Ludus,
Pylon,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Drive Like Jehu,
Mo-Dettes,
Reagan Youth,
Big Daddy Kane,
Parry Music,
Gang Gang Dance,
Quando Quango,
Zapp,
Avey Tare,
The Monks,
Moss Icon,
Monolake,
Crispian St. Peters,
Mission of Burma,
Archie Shepp,
The Mummies,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Malaria!,
Thompson Twins,
The Leaves,
Lebanon Hanover,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Hasil Adkins,
B.T. Express,
Altered Images,
Carl Craig,
The Residents,
John Cale,
Matthew Halsall,
Darondo,
Schoolly D,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Faust,
The United States of America,
Pantytec,
Tommy Roe,
DJ Style, DJ Style, DJ Style, DJ Style.
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.