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 Italy and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1960 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and London.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Piero Umiliani to the crunk 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 Skriet. All the underground hits.
All Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Moebius 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Saccharine Trust record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Kool Moe Dee,
Gabor Szabo,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Cameo,
Skriet,
Nik Kershaw,
Gang Green,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Index,
Section 25,
Wings,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Smiths,
Sixth Finger,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Zero Boys,
Sparks,
Rod Modell,
Gang Gang Dance,
Lower 48,
The Cowsills,
Leonard Cohen,
Aural Exciters,
Radiohead,
10cc,
The Divine Comedy,
Monolake,
L. Decosne,
Blancmange,
Colin Newman,
Fat Boys,
The Remains,
Toni Rubio,
Patti Smith,
Kayak,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Arcadia,
Grey Daturas,
Black Bananas,
Jacob Miller,
Second Layer,
Neu!,
Outsiders,
Hasil Adkins,
Monks,
Mantronix,
Joy Division,
Yellowson,
James White and The Blacks,
Magma,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Trumans Water,
Maurizio,
Warren Ellis,
Soft Cell,
The Blues Magoos,
Danielle Patucci,
Freddie Wadling,
Derrick Morgan,
Zapp,
Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band.
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.