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 Grenada and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Throbbing Gristle 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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 808 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 The Mummies to the disco kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 A Certain Ratio. All the underground hits.
All Massinfluence tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ralphi Rosario record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Adolescents,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Minnie Riperton,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Minor Threat,
L. Decosne,
Barry Ungar,
Flipper,
Tomorrow,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
E-Dancer,
Inner City,
Sällskapet,
The Music Machine,
Can,
Mark Hollis,
Qualms,
Ludus,
Groovy Waters,
Wolf Eyes,
B.T. Express,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Little Man,
Danielle Patucci,
Vladislav Delay,
Public Image Ltd.,
Delon & Dalcan,
Soulsonic Force,
The Trojans,
Amon Düül II,
The Beau Brummels,
Soul II Soul,
Alison Limerick,
The Gap Band,
June Days,
The Buckinghams,
The Cramps,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Rekid,
Quadrant,
The Misunderstood,
Stereo Dub,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Lindisfarne,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Iggy Pop,
Sexual Harrassment,
Fear,
Fugazi,
Fat Boys,
The Velvet Underground,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Moody Blues,
Q65,
These Immortal Souls,
Bobby Womack,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Neu!,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.