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 Afghanistan and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Crime to the techno kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Sarah Menescal. All the underground hits.
All Siglo XX tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 808 and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Anakelly record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Toni Rubio,
Slick Rick,
Al Stewart,
Yazoo,
John Lydon,
The Young Rascals,
the Normal,
The Gap Band,
Eli Mardock,
Gil Scott Heron,
Rosa Yemen,
Black Pus,
Saccharine Trust,
CMW,
Excepter,
Kurtis Blow,
June of 44,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Alarm Clocks,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
10cc,
Warren Ellis,
Livin' Joy,
Skriet,
Archie Shepp,
Depeche Mode,
LL Cool J,
Cameo,
Amazonics,
Colin Newman,
The Angels of Light,
Delta 5,
The Tremeloes,
Alison Limerick,
Nirvana,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Jawbox,
Thompson Twins,
Eric Copeland,
The Remains,
Black Flag,
Warsaw,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Rotary Connection,
Television Personalities,
Qualms,
Dennis Brown,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Nico,
Harry Pussy,
Fat Boys,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Peter & Gordon,
Nick Fraelich,
Ohio Players,
Silicon Teens,
Eric B and Rakim,
Whodini,
FM Einheit,
Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani, Piero Umiliani.
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.