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 Swaziland and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1967 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 The Jesus and Mary Chain to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Von Mondo. All the underground hits.
All Kango’s Stein Massive tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 harpsichord and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Brick record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Moebius,
The Angels of Light,
Cal Tjader,
Japan,
The Fire Engines,
D'Angelo,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Carl Craig,
The Fortunes,
Television Personalities,
Spoonie Gee,
Can,
Jeff Mills,
Darondo,
Morten Harket,
The Cramps,
Gong,
Rakim,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Anakelly,
kango's stein massive,
Jesper Dahlback,
Livin' Joy,
T. Rex,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Echospace,
Donny Hathaway,
David Axelrod,
Eric Dolphy,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Gories,
Crime,
Visage,
Kayak,
Flipper,
Rekid,
Duran Duran,
Guru Guru,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Brothers Johnson,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Angry Samoans,
The Cure,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Yaz,
Pagans,
Joe Smooth,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Hasil Adkins,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Gap Band,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Letta Mbulu,
Kevin Saunderson,
Ten City,
Isaac Hayes,
Fad Gadget,
Arab on Radar,
The Remains,
Ronnie Foster,
Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay, Vladislav Delay.
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.