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 Germany and from Spokane.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Music Machine to the grunge 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 Marvin Gaye. All the underground hits.
All K-Klass tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Blake Baxter record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 sitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dave Gahan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Nick Fraelich,
The Cure,
The Busters,
Radio Birdman,
EPMD,
Massinfluence,
UT,
Das Ding,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gang Green,
Sam Rivers,
Spoonie Gee,
the Human League,
John Holt,
Intrusion,
Stereo Dub,
The Trojans,
Minnie Riperton,
China Crisis,
Ultra Naté,
Silicon Teens,
Lalann,
Johnny Clarke,
Grey Daturas,
Motorama,
Talk Talk,
Brothers Johnson,
The Divine Comedy,
Soulsonic Force,
Duran Duran,
Sun City Girls,
Bobby Womack,
Iggy Pop,
Aloha Tigers,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Howard Jones,
Crime,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Fear,
Pylon,
Cluster,
Hoover,
The Mummies,
X-102,
The Searchers,
Jerry's Kids,
Lower 48,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Maleditus Sound,
Sun Ra,
Prince Buster,
Television,
X-101,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Gregory Isaacs,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Slits,
The Index,
Jawbox,
Ohio Players, Ohio Players, Ohio Players, Ohio Players.
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.