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 Slovenia and from Calgary.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the marimba 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 Nico to the grime 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 48th St. Collective. All the underground hits.
All Delta 5 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Gang Gang Dance 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 808 and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Au Pairs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Amon Düül II,
Faraquet,
Von Mondo,
The Tremeloes,
Anakelly,
Traffic Nightmare,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Groovy Waters,
The Leaves,
Icehouse,
Harmonia,
the Germs,
Subhumans,
Crispy Ambulance,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Andrew Hill,
Mr. Review,
Drexciya,
Cybotron,
The Count Five,
The Music Machine,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Blues Magoos,
Country Teasers,
Ohio Players,
Wire,
Fad Gadget,
EPMD,
Barry Ungar,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
L. Decosne,
Soul Sonic Force,
Brass Construction,
Thee Headcoats,
Thompson Twins,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
kango's stein massive,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Magazine,
Mark Hollis,
Black Sheep,
Sex Pistols,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Flash Fearless,
Marvin Gaye,
Davy DMX,
Soul II Soul,
Brand Nubian,
Crispian St. Peters,
Boredoms,
Kevin Saunderson,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Lebanon Hanover,
Ice-T,
Dave Gahan,
Minny Pops,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Dirtbombs,
Nick Fraelich,
Masters at Work,
Vainqueur,
The Index,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.