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 Bangladesh and from Tokyo.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 The Detroit Cobras to the funk 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 Joey Negro. All the underground hits.
All Arab on Radar tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Monks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delon & Dalcan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roxy Music,
Amon Düül II,
Franke,
Nils Olav,
Kevin Saunderson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pantaleimon,
Panda Bear,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Mighty Diamonds,
David Axelrod,
Goldenarms,
Section 25,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Gastr Del Sol,
Lou Christie,
Lower 48,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Wake,
Davy DMX,
the Sonics,
The American Breed,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Pussy Galore,
Reuben Wilson,
Bill Wells,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Dave Gahan,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Groovy Waters,
Pagans,
Cymande,
Jesper Dahlback,
Godley & Creme,
Matthew Halsall,
Basic Channel,
Johnny Clarke,
The Zeros,
Sparks,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Joyce Sims,
Peter & Gordon,
D'Angelo,
Easy Going,
Rapeman,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Pere Ubu,
Swans,
The Neon Judgement,
Motorama,
The Tremeloes,
Hashim,
Saccharine Trust,
ABBA,
Public Enemy,
Soft Cell,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Sixth Finger,
The Dave Clark Five,
Joy Division,
The Saints, The Saints, The Saints, The Saints.
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.