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 Ghana and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1966 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark to the grime kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Barracudas. All the underground hits.
All Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 an arpeggiator and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Searchers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kerri Chandler,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Hasil Adkins,
Sam Rivers,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Tubeway Army,
Curtis Mayfield,
Fear,
Jerry's Kids,
Colin Newman,
The Tremeloes,
The Gap Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
Slave,
Joyce Sims,
Freddie Wadling,
Ralphi Rosario,
Yusef Lateef,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Wolf Eyes,
T.S.O.L.,
Jacob Miller,
Bauhaus,
Buzzcocks,
Talk Talk,
The Knickerbockers,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Zero Boys,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Mars,
Newcleus,
La Düsseldorf,
Kas Product,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Soul Sonic Force,
Eric Dolphy,
New Order,
Lou Reed,
Lalann,
Chris & Cosey,
Pierre Henry,
Circle Jerks,
Skriet,
Godley & Creme,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Pantytec,
Spoonie Gee,
a-ha,
Ultra Naté,
Eddi Front,
Cybotron,
New York Dolls,
X-101,
Babytalk,
Joey Negro,
Juan Atkins,
Jeff Lynne,
Dave Gahan,
Quadrant,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Saints,
The Dave Clark Five,
Fad Gadget, Fad Gadget, Fad Gadget, Fad Gadget.
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.