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 Mali and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Delhi.
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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Flash Fearless to the rap 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 Pet Shop Boys. All the underground hits.
All Icehouse tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sparks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yazoo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Association,
Frankie Knuckles,
Porter Ricks,
DJ Style,
The Angels of Light,
kango's stein massive,
A Certain Ratio,
The Motions,
Saccharine Trust,
Anakelly,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Cluster,
Jerry's Kids,
Chris Corsano,
Warsaw,
Zapp,
Suicide,
Sandy B,
The Searchers,
Judy Mowatt,
X-101,
Symarip,
The Knickerbockers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Silicon Teens,
Unrelated Segments,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Nils Olav,
Reuben Wilson,
the Fania All-Stars,
Max Romeo,
Gang Starr,
New Order,
the Normal,
Howard Jones,
Sexual Harrassment,
Monks,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Angry Samoans,
Technova,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Skaos,
Ronan,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Soul Sonic Force,
Fela Kuti,
Vainqueur,
Radiopuhelimet,
China Crisis,
Amon Düül,
Harry Pussy,
The Offenders,
The Music Machine,
Main Source,
Godley & Creme,
The Barracudas,
Sugar Minott,
Pere Ubu,
The Black Dice,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.