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 Andorra and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in 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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the theremin 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 JFA to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Duran Duran. All the underground hits.
All Flash Fearless tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every the Slits 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Altered Images record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kerrie Biddell,
The Smiths,
Quando Quango,
Newcleus,
Livin' Joy,
Pole,
Oneida,
Deepchord,
FM Einheit,
Pagans,
The Slackers,
Bob Dylan,
E-Dancer,
Depeche Mode,
Gastr Del Sol,
Scan 7,
The Gories,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Shadows of Knight,
Aswad,
Sarah Menescal,
Silicon Teens,
The Standells,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Ludus,
David Axelrod,
Scientists,
Danielle Patucci,
Judy Mowatt,
Piero Umiliani,
Avey Tare,
The Alarm Clocks,
Sun Ra,
Juan Atkins,
Anakelly,
Ralphi Rosario,
Harmonia,
Moss Icon,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Ossler,
The Invisible,
Nik Kershaw,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Siglo XX,
The Fuzztones,
L. Decosne,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jawbox,
Bauhaus,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Bill Wells,
Guru Guru,
Y Pants,
Gregory Isaacs,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Godley & Creme,
Nils Olav,
Skaos,
Leonard Cohen,
The Seeds,
Bobby Womack,
Oblivians, Oblivians, Oblivians, Oblivians.
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.