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 Poland and from Houston.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 arpeggiator 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 Nirvana to the dance kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 X-102. All the underground hits.
All Sixth Finger tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mighty Diamonds record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 theremin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kevin Saunderson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Todd Terry,
10cc,
Zero Boys,
Nik Kershaw,
Black Pus,
Chris Corsano,
Gang Starr,
Warren Ellis,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Arthur Verocai,
The Black Dice,
The Busters,
The Fortunes,
Bobby Byrd,
Scrapy,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Scan 7,
Fluxion,
Bad Manners,
Boogie Down Productions,
Livin' Joy,
Thee Headcoats,
Spandau Ballet,
Joensuu 1685,
Ituana,
The Techniques,
D'Angelo,
Erykah Badu,
Liliput,
Sällskapet,
The Stooges,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Idris Muhammad,
Marvin Gaye,
Lalo Schifrin,
Michelle Simonal,
Shuggie Otis,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Angels of Light,
The Move,
The Moody Blues,
Accadde A,
Barclay James Harvest,
Nico,
Audionom,
Davy DMX,
Deadbeat,
Yaz,
Buzzcocks,
The Gun Club,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Agitation Free,
Iggy Pop,
Gichy Dan,
Brothers Johnson,
Fad Gadget,
The Last Poets,
Magazine,
Radiohead,
8 Eyed Spy,
Moss Icon,
Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett.
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.