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 Mozambique and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Cairo.
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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel to the dance 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 The American Breed. All the underground hits.
All Harpers Bizarre tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Flamin' Groovies record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rhythm & Sound,
The Evens,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Althea and Donna,
Sixth Finger,
Simply Red,
Letta Mbulu,
Patti Smith,
Brass Construction,
the Normal,
Dave Gahan,
Kaleidoscope,
Das Ding,
The Mighty Diamonds,
a-ha,
Black Moon,
Television,
Colin Newman,
Amazonics,
Sight & Sound,
The Electric Prunes,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Wally Richardson,
Carl Craig,
Joey Negro,
Kurtis Blow,
E-Dancer,
Funkadelic,
Cybotron,
Cymande,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Fire Engines,
Soft Cell,
The Count Five,
Rod Modell,
Marine Girls,
Ponytail,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Deadbeat,
Lightning Bolt,
The Trojans,
Kool Moe Dee,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Minny Pops,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Litter,
Bobby Womack,
Faraquet,
Fad Gadget,
Delta 5,
Can,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Bang On A Can,
Absolute Body Control,
Sex Pistols,
The Martian,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Jimmy McGriff,
James Chance & The Contortions, James Chance & The Contortions, James Chance & The Contortions, James Chance & The Contortions.
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.