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 San Marino and from Calgary.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1964 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 New Order to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Arcadia. All the underground hits.
All Be Bop Deluxe tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Country Teasers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Parry Music record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Godley & Creme,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Model 500,
Marine Girls,
Masters at Work,
The Mummies,
Black Sheep,
Moby Grape,
The Human League,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
cv313,
Eden Ahbez,
Amon Düül,
Throbbing Gristle,
Shuggie Otis,
Massinfluence,
The Techniques,
Nick Fraelich,
Qualms,
Alphaville,
Moebius,
Bush Tetras,
Inner City,
Sex Pistols,
Boogie Down Productions,
Dennis Brown,
Delta 5,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Juan Atkins,
Public Enemy,
Altered Images,
Jawbox,
Tom Boy,
Tomorrow,
Au Pairs,
Archie Shepp,
D'Angelo,
Average White Band,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Agitation Free,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Bill Near,
Tommy Roe,
Joy Division,
DNA,
Moss Icon,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Fuzztones,
Judy Mowatt,
Simply Red,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Sarah Menescal,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett, Steve Hackett.
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.