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 Nepal and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Section 25 to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 The Mojo Men tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Metal Thangz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chris & Cosey record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
AZ,
Jawbox,
Subhumans,
Howard Jones,
The Neon Judgement,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Bobby Byrd,
Pierre Henry,
Brothers Johnson,
Suburban Knight,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Tubeway Army,
Barry Ungar,
Pantaleimon,
Crispy Ambulance,
The Techniques,
Japan,
Motorama,
The Names,
Cluster,
David McCallum,
Panda Bear,
Von Mondo,
Marcia Griffiths,
Lalo Schifrin,
Television,
Nation of Ulysses,
Sparks,
Crispian St. Peters,
Fugazi,
Skarface,
Lou Christie,
Angry Samoans,
June Days,
Wally Richardson,
Boredoms,
The Angels of Light,
The Fire Engines,
The Modern Lovers,
The Searchers,
Soft Cell,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Monks,
L. Decosne,
Letta Mbulu,
Loose Ends,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Archie Shepp,
Ken Boothe,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Tomorrow,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Los Fastidios,
ABBA,
U.S. Maple,
Kaleidoscope,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
World's Most,
Peter & Gordon,
Dead Boys,
Traffic Nightmare,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Sugar Minott, Sugar Minott, Sugar Minott, Sugar Minott.
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.