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 Djibouti and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Kaleidoscope to the techno kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 The Monochrome Set. All the underground hits.
All These Immortal Souls 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 rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eyeless In Gaza record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Swans,
The Fortunes,
Matthew Bourne,
Crispy Ambulance,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Slackers,
Joe Finger,
The Gap Band,
The Neon Judgement,
Pierre Henry,
Dave Gahan,
The Fall,
Popol Vuh,
Gang Green,
Charles Mingus,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Slits,
Stiv Bators,
Jeff Mills,
Motorama,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Cowsills,
Tom Boy,
the Bar-Kays,
Hot Snakes,
Brand Nubian,
Erykah Badu,
Joensuu 1685,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
June of 44,
Curtis Mayfield,
Drexciya,
New York Dolls,
The Human League,
Sparks,
Television,
Delon & Dalcan,
JFA,
Crash Course in Science,
Groovy Waters,
Parry Music,
Carl Craig,
David Axelrod,
Moebius,
A Certain Ratio,
L. Decosne,
Yusef Lateef,
The Smoke,
Oblivians,
Franke,
OOIOO,
Jeff Lynne,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Joey Negro,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Detroit Cobras,
Michelle Simonal,
Sister Nancy,
Chris & Cosey,
One Last Wish,
The Litter,
Crooked Eye,
Ossler,
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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.