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 Singapore and from Jakarta.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 synthesizer 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 The Move to the disco kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Negative Approach. All the underground hits.
All Ituana tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Trumans Water 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Moebius record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Mad Mike,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Skaos,
X-Ray Spex,
Rhythm & Sound,
Bootsy Collins,
Clear Light,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Ken Boothe,
Shuggie Otis,
Hashim,
Camouflage,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Girls At Our Best!,
Danielle Patucci,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Joensuu 1685,
Juan Atkins,
Basic Channel,
The Techniques,
Ossler,
Bobby Byrd,
Harmonia,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Judy Mowatt,
R.M.O.,
Godley & Creme,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Tears for Fears,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Velvet Underground,
Organ,
The Fugs,
Slave,
The Real Kids,
Piero Umiliani,
Jeff Lynne,
The Tremeloes,
Oblivians,
Sonny Sharrock,
Bang On A Can,
Tomorrow,
FM Einheit,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Hot Snakes,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Raincoats,
Jesper Dahlback,
Adolescents,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Soft Machine,
Howard Jones,
Excepter,
The Smoke,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Ash Ra Tempel,
T.S.O.L.,
Marine Girls,
Sight & Sound,
Tommy Roe, Tommy Roe, Tommy Roe, Tommy Roe.
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.