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 Philippines and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1966 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
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 The Black Dice to the grime 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 Boogie Down Productions. All the underground hits.
All Quando Quango tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Erasure 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delon & Dalcan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Shoche,
The Blues Magoos,
John Foxx,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Man Parrish,
Pantytec,
Godley & Creme,
Morten Harket,
Hasil Adkins,
Joensuu 1685,
Livin' Joy,
Juan Atkins,
Zapp,
Soulsonic Force,
Camouflage,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Guru Guru,
Gang Gang Dance,
Mission of Burma,
Tim Buckley,
The Dirtbombs,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Kenny Larkin,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Nils Olav,
Siglo XX,
It's A Beautiful Day,
H. Thieme,
Black Moon,
Maurizio,
Magma,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Oneida,
Terrestrial Tones,
Tommy Roe,
Brass Construction,
Brothers Johnson,
Trumans Water,
The Skatalites,
Amon Düül II,
Man Eating Sloth,
Sexual Harrassment,
Jeff Lynne,
Flash Fearless,
Maleditus Sound,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Modern Lovers,
Y Pants,
The Wake,
The Cramps,
Faraquet,
Mo-Dettes,
Lou Reed,
Jandek,
Cymande,
DNA,
Subhumans,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
One Last Wish,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Echospace,
Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz.
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.