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 Malaysia and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the 808 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 China Crisis 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 Art Ensemble Of Chicago. All the underground hits.
All The Barracudas tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Das Ding record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Motions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kas Product,
Carl Craig,
Desert Stars,
Barry Ungar,
The Misunderstood,
The Human League,
Ohio Players,
Bluetip,
Deakin,
Grandmaster Flash,
Colin Newman,
Aaron Thompson,
Livin' Joy,
The Smiths,
The J.B.'s,
Ponytail,
Amazonics,
Infiniti,
10cc,
Electric Prunes,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Standells,
MDC,
The Gun Club,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Loose Ends,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Young Rascals,
Average White Band,
The Birthday Party,
Sun Ra,
The Busters,
Rufus Thomas,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Crash Course in Science,
Quando Quango,
Aural Exciters,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Rosa Yemen,
Sonny Sharrock,
Nils Olav,
Pet Shop Boys,
Sixth Finger,
The Evens,
The Litter,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Aswad,
a-ha,
Crooked Eye,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Ultimate Spinach,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Johnny Clarke,
PIL,
Kurtis Blow,
Fugazi,
Sugar Minott,
Half Japanese,
Jimmy McGriff,
Funky Four + One, Funky Four + One, Funky Four + One, Funky Four + One.
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.