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 Angola and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 Michael McDonald 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 John Cale to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Niagra. All the underground hits.
All The Durutti Column tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Reuben Wilson 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Erasure record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eden Ahbez,
Circle Jerks,
Ituana,
This Heat,
Roger Hodgson,
Kerri Chandler,
Reuben Wilson,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Kevin Saunderson,
Japan,
Tears for Fears,
The Skatalites,
Mantronix,
The Dave Clark Five,
OOIOO,
Kurtis Blow,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Popol Vuh,
Sonny Sharrock,
Harmonia,
Stetsasonic,
Moss Icon,
China Crisis,
Gang of Four,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Liliput,
Interpol,
Kayak,
Smog,
Youth Brigade,
Little Man,
The Leaves,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Isaac Hayes,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Morten Harket,
The Cure,
Massinfluence,
Sex Pistols,
Prince Buster,
Fifty Foot Hose,
One Last Wish,
Vainqueur,
Royal Trux,
Niagra,
Talk Talk,
Wire,
The Mojo Men,
X-Ray Spex,
Jandek,
Nick Fraelich,
Sugar Minott,
Scan 7,
Scion,
In Retrospect,
Joe Finger,
Soft Machine,
Young Marble Giants,
The United States of America,
Michelle Simonal,
Oneida,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Tremeloes,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young & Crazy Horse.
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.