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 New Zealand and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1967 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 chamberlin 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 Pussy Galore to the dance 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 Alphaville. All the underground hits.
All Harry Pussy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Barbara Tucker record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 theremin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a D'Angelo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fatback Band,
Sugar Minott,
The Grass Roots,
Sixth Finger,
Crooked Eye,
Sound Behaviour,
Flipper,
The Mummies,
The Divine Comedy,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jacques Brel,
Smog,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Jerry's Kids,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
La Düsseldorf,
Matthew Bourne,
Soft Cell,
Black Moon,
Barry Ungar,
Charles Mingus,
Tubeway Army,
Sexual Harrassment,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Move,
DJ Sneak,
Fugazi,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
DJ Style,
B.T. Express,
The Knickerbockers,
Brand Nubian,
Groovy Waters,
Sarah Menescal,
The Monochrome Set,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Cybotron,
Joe Finger,
Soul II Soul,
Black Pus,
Drive Like Jehu,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Deakin,
Essential Logic,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
the Slits,
Yusef Lateef,
The Dirtbombs,
Loose Ends,
Lucky Dragons,
Cal Tjader,
Bill Near,
Warren Ellis,
Leonard Cohen,
Juan Atkins,
Maleditus Sound,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Bobby Sherman, Bobby Sherman, Bobby Sherman, Bobby Sherman.
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.