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 Cape Verde and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 Lou Reed 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 Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan to the grunge kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Mantronix. All the underground hits.
All EPMD tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cal Tjader 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Zapp,
June of 44,
The Smiths,
The Gories,
Sandy B,
Liliput,
John Lydon,
Monolake,
Gabor Szabo,
Ohio Players,
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Panda Bear,
David Bowie,
Brass Construction,
Radio Birdman,
Piero Umiliani,
Connie Case,
The Velvet Underground,
Robert Görl,
Goldenarms,
Arthur Verocai,
Kenny Larkin,
The Wake,
Jandek,
Tubeway Army,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Chris & Cosey,
The Count Five,
Barclay James Harvest,
Model 500,
the Human League,
Aloha Tigers,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Reagan Youth,
Half Japanese,
Electric Prunes,
David Axelrod,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Golliwogs,
Basic Channel,
Desert Stars,
Altered Images,
Whodini,
Anthony Braxton,
Tropical Tobacco,
Joyce Sims,
Arcadia,
Tears for Fears,
Joe Finger,
Darondo,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Gong,
Gang of Four,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Urselle,
Radiohead,
Frankie Knuckles,
Bauhaus,
The Trojans,
Gerry Rafferty,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Richard Hell and the Voidoids.
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.