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 Austria and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the clarinet 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 The Star Department 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 Lakeside. All the underground hits.
All Peter & Gordon tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Johnny Clarke 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kenny Larkin record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
kango's stein massive,
Cybotron,
Matthew Bourne,
Pantaleimon,
Sun City Girls,
Fat Boys,
Jerry's Kids,
Chrome,
Brothers Johnson,
Prince Buster,
Tubeway Army,
Derrick May,
Agent Orange,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The New Christs,
T.S.O.L.,
The Doors,
Cymande,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Gregory Isaacs,
Fatback Band,
Marc Almond,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Youth Brigade,
Todd Terry,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
CMW,
Kaleidoscope,
Television,
Dual Sessions,
Dead Boys,
Henry Cow,
Animal Collective,
Marvin Gaye,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Birthday Party,
Babytalk,
Albert Ayler,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Absolute Body Control,
Swans,
The Fortunes,
Circle Jerks,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Mo-Dettes,
Kool Moe Dee,
Freddie Wadling,
Bobby Sherman,
The Angels of Light,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Scratch Acid,
Funky Four + One,
Curtis Mayfield,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Offenders,
Groovy Waters,
Delon & Dalcan,
The Sonics,
Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee, Spoonie Gee.
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.