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 Austria and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Camouflage to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Kerrie Biddell. All the underground hits.
All Eli Mardock tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Panda Bear record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Black Moon 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?
Lou Christie,
David McCallum,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Gories,
Alton Ellis,
Janne Schatter,
Half Japanese,
The Selecter,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Cheater Slicks,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
cv313,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Unrelated Segments,
Skarface,
The Slackers,
The Dave Clark Five,
Scan 7,
Silicon Teens,
Isaac Hayes,
The Sonics,
Bobbi Humphrey,
E-Dancer,
Bang On A Can,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Hasil Adkins,
The Leaves,
Althea and Donna,
Minny Pops,
Moebius,
The Alarm Clocks,
Young Marble Giants,
Amazonics,
Laurel Aitken,
Judy Mowatt,
Siglo XX,
Circle Jerks,
Chris Corsano,
Bill Near,
Joyce Sims,
The Skatalites,
Drexciya,
Desert Stars,
Lyres,
Blossom Toes,
Visage,
Chris & Cosey,
MDC,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Prince Buster,
Matthew Bourne,
Newcleus,
The Monochrome Set,
Charles Mingus,
The Trojans,
Donald Byrd,
Kurtis Blow,
Public Image Ltd.,
Godley & Creme,
The Knickerbockers,
The Gap Band, The Gap Band, The Gap Band, The Gap Band.
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.