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 Macedonia and from Jakarta.
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 1964 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Kerri Chandler to the disco 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 Mark Hollis. All the underground hits.
All Fear tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camberwell Now 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a 10cc record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Pop Group,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Traffic Nightmare,
Frankie Knuckles,
Todd Terry,
Matthew Halsall,
Ponytail,
Piero Umiliani,
The Shadows of Knight,
Masters at Work,
The Beau Brummels,
Nick Fraelich,
Joyce Sims,
Mantronix,
OOIOO,
cv313,
David Axelrod,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Kerri Chandler,
Jimmy McGriff,
Tropical Tobacco,
Altered Images,
Leonard Cohen,
Kenny Larkin,
Cameo,
Albert Ayler,
The Seeds,
Monolake,
Minutemen,
Outsiders,
Tres Demented,
Jawbox,
Shoche,
Bill Near,
Trumans Water,
Dark Day,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Main Source,
The Monochrome Set,
Minny Pops,
Brass Construction,
Underground Resistance,
Accadde A,
Reagan Youth,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Chrome,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Toasters,
Anthony Braxton,
The Knickerbockers,
Cheater Slicks,
The Fugs,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Stooges,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Fortunes,
The Young Rascals,
Bauhaus,
Bootsy Collins,
The American Breed,
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.