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 Nauru and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1968 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Soft Cell to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Strawberry Alarm Clock. All the underground hits.
All Larry & the Blue Notes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mandrill record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The American Breed record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
New Order,
Ronan,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Ice-T,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Gang Gang Dance,
Matthew Halsall,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Radiohead,
The Gap Band,
The Saints,
Al Stewart,
Alison Limerick,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Average White Band,
Nils Olav,
Arthur Verocai,
Brand Nubian,
Can,
Liliput,
Joensuu 1685,
Rosa Yemen,
Young Marble Giants,
the Human League,
China Crisis,
The Velvet Underground,
Sparks,
Carl Craig,
Y Pants,
Slick Rick,
T.S.O.L.,
Drexciya,
Quantec,
Quando Quango,
Aural Exciters,
Basic Channel,
Guru Guru,
The Techniques,
Jimmy McGriff,
Make Up,
Model 500,
The Busters,
Second Layer,
The Shadows of Knight,
Camberwell Now,
Cluster,
Electric Prunes,
Sonny Sharrock,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Walker Brothers,
Joe Finger,
Alphaville,
The Trojans,
The Real Kids,
Susan Cadogan,
Circle Jerks,
MDC,
Connie Case,
the Fania All-Stars,
Mars,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes.
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.