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 United Kingdom and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 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 Kerri Chandler to the rap 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 Rhythim Is Rhythim. All the underground hits.
All Hashim tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Second Layer record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter & Gordon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Tears for Fears,
L. Decosne,
Quando Quango,
Lakeside,
Yaz,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Jawbox,
One Last Wish,
U.S. Maple,
Nils Olav,
T. Rex,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Moody Blues,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Kevin Saunderson,
Iggy Pop,
The Standells,
Procol Harum,
Symarip,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Mr. Review,
The Offenders,
Loose Ends,
Brand Nubian,
London Community Gospel Choir,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Count Five,
Dawn Penn,
Delta 5,
Dead Boys,
The Divine Comedy,
Frankie Knuckles,
Avey Tare,
F. McDonald,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Todd Rundgren,
Rekid,
The Fuzztones,
Funky Four + One,
The Pop Group,
Negative Approach,
Eve St. Jones,
the Human League,
KRS-One,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Derrick May,
Bang On A Can,
Bluetip,
Boogie Down Productions,
Gregory Isaacs,
Pet Shop Boys,
Circle Jerks,
Bill Near,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Aswad,
Country Teasers,
Malaria!,
The Golliwogs,
Mo-Dettes,
Fad Gadget,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Gang Starr,
Soul Sonic Force,
Half Japanese, Half Japanese, Half Japanese, Half Japanese.
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.