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 Sudan and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Bobby Byrd to the rock 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 Rod Modell. All the underground hits.
All Clear Light tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Victims record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 linndrum and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Q and Not U record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Man Parrish,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Negative Approach,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Chris & Cosey,
Pussy Galore,
Arcadia,
Pantytec,
Sugar Minott,
The Monochrome Set,
David Axelrod,
Ice-T,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Moebius,
Todd Rundgren,
PIL,
Lalo Schifrin,
Kas Product,
Fela Kuti,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Doors,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Simply Red,
Bill Near,
Peter and Kerry,
48th St. Collective,
Nik Kershaw,
Crash Course in Science,
Mark Hollis,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Soul Sonic Force,
Babytalk,
Main Source,
Lebanon Hanover,
Duran Duran,
Vladislav Delay,
Au Pairs,
Ronnie Foster,
Little Man,
Skarface,
Terry Callier,
Suicide,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Half Japanese,
Marmalade,
Desert Stars,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Michelle Simonal,
David McCallum,
Nils Olav,
Sex Pistols,
Adolescents,
Stereo Dub,
Flash Fearless,
Gang Gang Dance,
Barrington Levy,
Connie Case,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.