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 Zambia and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Excepter to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Rosa Yemen. All the underground hits.
All Smog tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Move record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 guitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a 10cc record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Electric Light Orchestra,
Bang On A Can,
The Doobie Brothers,
Ten City,
Massinfluence,
Delon & Dalcan,
Arthur Verocai,
Chris Corsano,
ABC,
The Gap Band,
Albert Ayler,
LL Cool J,
Man Parrish,
The Gories,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Jandek,
Radiohead,
Alice Coltrane,
Gichy Dan,
Big Daddy Kane,
Fad Gadget,
the Germs,
Altered Images,
Fat Boys,
New York Dolls,
Janne Schatter,
Jeff Mills,
Bob Dylan,
Kas Product,
Letta Mbulu,
Eddi Front,
Moebius,
Neu!,
Kenny Larkin,
Rotary Connection,
Camberwell Now,
Gang Green,
John Holt,
Sister Nancy,
Trumans Water,
Dorothy Ashby,
Fear,
Danielle Patucci,
Delta 5,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Toasters,
Joyce Sims,
The Residents,
Todd Rundgren,
Sandy B,
The Beau Brummels,
World's Most,
Tropical Tobacco,
Rekid,
Piero Umiliani,
The Mummies,
Blossom Toes,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Cosmic Jokers,
New Order,
KRS-One,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.