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 Monaco and from Glasgow.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Heaven 17 to the dance 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 Q65. All the underground hits.
All Hot Snakes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gregory Isaacs record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 mellotron and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cybotron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bizarre Inc.,
Rod Modell,
Jacques Brel,
the Bar-Kays,
L. Decosne,
David McCallum,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Juan Atkins,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Rufus Thomas,
Glambeats Corp.,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Soft Machine,
Amazonics,
The Seeds,
Dennis Brown,
Jawbox,
R.M.O.,
Kurtis Blow,
The Fall,
Roger Hodgson,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Deadbeat,
CMW,
Darondo,
Thompson Twins,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Sound,
The Star Department,
Henry Cow,
Godley & Creme,
Banda Bassotti,
Man Parrish,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Vogues,
The Doors,
Robert Hood,
The Blues Magoos,
Matthew Halsall,
Fear,
Inner City,
Main Source,
Rekid,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Pulsallama,
Swell Maps,
Tears for Fears,
Glenn Branca,
Iggy Pop,
T. Rex,
Sarah Menescal,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Birthday Party,
Model 500,
8 Eyed Spy,
Cal Tjader,
Nik Kershaw, Nik Kershaw, Nik Kershaw, Nik Kershaw.
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.