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 Maldives and from Houston.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Drive Like Jehu to the dance kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 U.S. Maple. All the underground hits.
All Goldenarms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter and Kerry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 clarinet and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gichy Dan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roxette,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Wire,
Technova,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Parry Music,
Scan 7,
the Swans,
Barry Ungar,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Second Layer,
Reagan Youth,
Mars,
Rosa Yemen,
Slick Rick,
Depeche Mode,
Qualms,
Heaven 17,
Massinfluence,
Lebanon Hanover,
Glambeats Corp.,
Scratch Acid,
Sight & Sound,
Slave,
Mantronix,
Jeff Lynne,
Arthur Verocai,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Bang On A Can,
Supertramp,
A Certain Ratio,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Cluster,
Amazonics,
Curtis Mayfield,
R.M.O.,
Lyres,
The Angels of Light,
Mr. Review,
The Knickerbockers,
Kenny Larkin,
Marmalade,
Howard Jones,
Sandy B,
The Toasters,
Althea and Donna,
This Heat,
Archie Shepp,
In Retrospect,
Ultra Naté,
Main Source,
Ralphi Rosario,
Man Parrish,
Joy Division,
Sugar Minott,
Andrew Hill,
Marcia Griffiths,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Smog,
The Modern Lovers,
Hot Snakes,
The Moleskins,
Echospace,
Skriet, Skriet, Skriet, Skriet.
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.