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 Gabon and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Judy Mowatt 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 Boogie Down Productions. All the underground hits.
All JFA tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sonny Sharrock record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marine Girls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Goldenarms,
Procol Harum,
DJ Sneak,
The J.B.'s,
Grey Daturas,
Barclay James Harvest,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Vladislav Delay,
Lou Reed,
Chrome,
Radiopuhelimet,
Aural Exciters,
Sight & Sound,
Nick Fraelich,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Parry Music,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Michelle Simonal,
Shoche,
Bluetip,
Bobby Womack,
Neu!,
The Alarm Clocks,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Sixth Finger,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Pantytec,
Oblivians,
Jacob Miller,
Babytalk,
Hashim,
Roxy Music,
Drive Like Jehu,
Brothers Johnson,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Blackbyrds,
the Human League,
The Happenings,
Mary Jane Girls,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Matthew Bourne,
Cymande,
Wolf Eyes,
Kevin Saunderson,
Ponytail,
Radiohead,
Kenny Larkin,
Janne Schatter,
Yellowson,
Sugar Minott,
Agitation Free,
Newcleus,
Pharoah Sanders,
Amazonics,
Crispy Ambulance,
Fela Kuti,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Peter and Kerry,
Lalann,
Alice Coltrane,
Outsiders,
Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran, Duran Duran.
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.