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 Togo and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 JFA to the rock 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 DJ Style. All the underground hits.
All Neil Young tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Neil Young record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Cramps,
The Modern Lovers,
Jesper Dahlback,
KRS-One,
Scion,
Goldenarms,
Dual Sessions,
Fatback Band,
Avey Tare,
Nils Olav,
the Normal,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Country Teasers,
Lou Reed,
Gregory Isaacs,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Kaleidoscope,
Marshall Jefferson,
Pagans,
Quantec,
Shuggie Otis,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Last Poets,
8 Eyed Spy,
Silicon Teens,
Monks,
FM Einheit,
Tears for Fears,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Loose Ends,
Absolute Body Control,
Bobby Womack,
The Beau Brummels,
Drexciya,
The Divine Comedy,
The Zeros,
Ponytail,
Essential Logic,
Alphaville,
Monolake,
ABBA,
The Trojans,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Birthday Party,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Ossler,
Janne Schatter,
These Immortal Souls,
The Tremeloes,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Glambeats Corp.,
Sällskapet,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Moleskins,
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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.