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 Romania and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 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 The Divine Comedy to the electroclash 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 Yellowson. All the underground hits.
All Yusef Lateef tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rapeman record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 theremin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Toni Rubio record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Panda Bear,
Sun Ra,
Barrington Levy,
UT,
The Skatalites,
Marcia Griffiths,
Mission of Burma,
Blake Baxter,
Todd Rundgren,
Soulsonic Force,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Cheater Slicks,
The Mummies,
Colin Newman,
Boogie Down Productions,
Darondo,
The Toasters,
Derrick Morgan,
Lalann,
Josef K,
James White and The Blacks,
The Dave Clark Five,
Sandy B,
EPMD,
Young Marble Giants,
Stiv Bators,
The Evens,
Ohio Players,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Mantronix,
Davy DMX,
10cc,
Marvin Gaye,
The Walker Brothers,
Roger Hodgson,
Wasted Youth,
The Human League,
Warsaw,
Spoonie Gee,
Jacques Brel,
KRS-One,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
the Soft Cell,
Cal Tjader,
Inner City,
Suicide,
Vainqueur,
Jeff Mills,
Audionom,
Magma,
Barbara Tucker,
Dennis Brown,
Basic Channel,
David Axelrod,
The Pop Group,
Oblivians,
E-Dancer,
The American Breed,
Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts.
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.