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 Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Hashim. All the underground hits.
All Dual Sessions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Techniques record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 rhodes and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warsaw record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Leaves,
Leonard Cohen,
Camberwell Now,
Eden Ahbez,
Radiopuhelimet,
Deepchord,
The Barracudas,
Glambeats Corp.,
Graham Central Station,
Vladislav Delay,
Lou Christie,
The Walker Brothers,
Ralphi Rosario,
Procol Harum,
Frankie Knuckles,
Zapp,
The Invisible,
Charles Mingus,
Eric Dolphy,
Angry Samoans,
Soulsonic Force,
Barrington Levy,
Quantec,
Rufus Thomas,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Susan Cadogan,
The Seeds,
Television Personalities,
Matthew Halsall,
Royal Trux,
The Motions,
Johnny Clarke,
Kerri Chandler,
Soul II Soul,
Mantronix,
Mr. Review,
The Moody Blues,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Cure,
Grandmaster Flash,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Camouflage,
the Soft Cell,
Negative Approach,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Max Romeo,
David McCallum,
Sex Pistols,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Hasil Adkins,
The Associates,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Aloha Tigers,
Neu!,
Kool Moe Dee,
Jawbox,
Boz Scaggs,
Mark Hollis, Mark Hollis, Mark Hollis, Mark Hollis.
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.