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 Thailand and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1962 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Ohio Players to the electroclash 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 Swans. All the underground hits.
All Alton Ellis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Trojans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nik Kershaw record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Index,
Joy Division,
The Shadows of Knight,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Camberwell Now,
Patti Smith,
Soulsonic Force,
Soul II Soul,
Rufus Thomas,
Barbara Tucker,
Sandy B,
The United States of America,
Jerry's Kids,
La Düsseldorf,
The Vogues,
Niagra,
Tom Boy,
Terrestrial Tones,
Young Marble Giants,
Cybotron,
Audionom,
Agent Orange,
Bronski Beat,
Radiohead,
Lou Christie,
Boogie Down Productions,
Masters at Work,
Mark Hollis,
Laurel Aitken,
Parry Music,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Dark Day,
Wasted Youth,
Scott Walker,
Icehouse,
Joe Finger,
Davy DMX,
Alison Limerick,
Half Japanese,
Black Flag,
Radio Birdman,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Max Romeo,
Janne Schatter,
Chris & Cosey,
Mandrill,
Tubeway Army,
The Cowsills,
Howard Jones,
Camouflage,
Brass Construction,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Ken Boothe,
Adolescents,
Franke,
Rapeman,
The Slackers,
Kerri Chandler,
Carl Craig,
Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound, Rhythm & Sound.
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.