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 Monaco and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 Paris and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Excepter to the jazz 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 Moss Icon. All the underground hits.
All The Young Rascals tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Buzzcocks record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 synthesizer and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Angels of Light & Akron/Family record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Negative Approach,
Suicide,
Can,
Scan 7,
Vainqueur,
Laurel Aitken,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Derrick Morgan,
Soft Cell,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Babytalk,
Donny Hathaway,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Peter & Gordon,
Zero Boys,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Patti Smith,
Tres Demented,
Pet Shop Boys,
Lalann,
Agent Orange,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Swans,
Drive Like Jehu,
Morten Harket,
Television Personalities,
Hardrive,
Connie Case,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Flesh Eaters,
Pulsallama,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Zeros,
the Human League,
Swell Maps,
Jeff Lynne,
Anakelly,
Hasil Adkins,
The Misunderstood,
Groovy Waters,
Isaac Hayes,
Wolf Eyes,
The Raincoats,
Terry Callier,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Andrew Hill,
Grandmaster Flash,
Altered Images,
The Mighty Diamonds,
U.S. Maple,
Barbara Tucker,
Alton Ellis,
Harmonia,
L. Decosne,
Schoolly D,
Deepchord,
Symarip,
Sexual Harrassment,
Desert Stars, Desert Stars, Desert Stars, Desert Stars.
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.