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 Mauritius and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 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 Ossler to the dance 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 Half Japanese. All the underground hits.
All Tears for Fears tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kayak 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minor Threat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pet Shop Boys,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Country Teasers,
Radio Birdman,
Ohio Players,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Second Layer,
the Human League,
Nils Olav,
The Flesh Eaters,
The Gladiators,
Traffic Nightmare,
The Index,
Jacob Miller,
Mr. Review,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Soft Cell,
Glambeats Corp.,
Outsiders,
Scan 7,
Subhumans,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Roxette,
Aloha Tigers,
The Fortunes,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Dave Clark Five,
Tim Buckley,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Monks,
Simply Red,
Banda Bassotti,
Avey Tare,
Jeru the Damaja,
Quadrant,
The Monochrome Set,
The Grass Roots,
Heaven 17,
Joy Division,
Shuggie Otis,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Mad Mike,
Eve St. Jones,
Kaleidoscope,
Eric B and Rakim,
Mo-Dettes,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Sister Nancy,
UT,
Neil Young,
Icehouse,
Godley & Creme,
The Human League,
Susan Cadogan,
David Axelrod,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Tres Demented,
June of 44,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Ponytail,
A Certain Ratio, A Certain Ratio, A Certain Ratio, A Certain Ratio.
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.