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 Suriname and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Minnie Riperton to the disco 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 Livin' Joy. All the underground hits.
All Ralphi Rosario tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 snare and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Deadbeat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Leaves,
A Certain Ratio,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Swell Maps,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Black Moon,
Talk Talk,
kango's stein massive,
Shoche,
Juan Atkins,
The Residents,
David Bowie,
Kenny Larkin,
Arthur Verocai,
Minnie Riperton,
Ultimate Spinach,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Magma,
Harry Pussy,
Johnny Osbourne,
Massinfluence,
Kaleidoscope,
Scientists,
Das Ding,
Albert Ayler,
The Associates,
Maurizio,
Warsaw,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Bluetip,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Crispian St. Peters,
Pagans,
Brass Construction,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Lalann,
Hasil Adkins,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Black Flag,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Cybotron,
Rhythm & Sound,
Ultravox,
Kurtis Blow,
The Fall,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Soft Cell,
The Golliwogs,
Procol Harum,
Eric B and Rakim,
Ultra Naté,
Ludus,
X-102,
Reagan Youth,
Malaria!,
Eric Dolphy,
Ten City,
Fad Gadget,
Bang On A Can,
The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals.
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.