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 London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 theremin 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 E-Dancer to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Black Dice. All the underground hits.
All Henry Cow tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ornette Coleman record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minor Threat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Cramps,
Idris Muhammad,
Colin Newman,
Howard Jones,
Rufus Thomas,
Public Image Ltd.,
Niagra,
Lindisfarne,
Janne Schatter,
Quantec,
Minor Threat,
The Kinks,
Nik Kershaw,
Depeche Mode,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Livin' Joy,
CMW,
Hoover,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Bobby Hutcherson,
David Axelrod,
Radiohead,
Josef K,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Shuggie Otis,
Bang On A Can,
Sam Rivers,
Peter and Kerry,
Ultravox,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Jeff Mills,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Sixth Finger,
Don Cherry,
X-102,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
ABC,
The Invisible,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
One Last Wish,
The Dirtbombs,
Mad Mike,
Roger Hodgson,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Offenders,
Max Romeo,
Subhumans,
Bronski Beat,
MC5,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Marvin Gaye,
Nas,
The Moleskins,
Quadrant,
Big Daddy Kane,
Boz Scaggs,
Bush Tetras,
Peter & Gordon,
Nico,
The Grass Roots, The Grass Roots, The Grass Roots, The Grass Roots.
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.