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 Sri Lanka and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Moody Blues to the rap 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 The Fuzztones. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Blues Magoos 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Arab on Radar record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Cale,
The Stooges,
Mandrill,
Bauhaus,
Tropical Tobacco,
Tomorrow,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Nas,
Avey Tare,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Tim Buckley,
Ornette Coleman,
The Remains,
The Trojans,
Cheater Slicks,
The Neon Judgement,
Stereo Dub,
Aural Exciters,
Groovy Waters,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Simply Red,
The Golliwogs,
X-Ray Spex,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Searchers,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Royal Trux,
Glambeats Corp.,
Delon & Dalcan,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Second Layer,
Archie Shepp,
Alphaville,
Agent Orange,
Minny Pops,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Cameo,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Wire,
The Fall,
Gastr Del Sol,
Cal Tjader,
Glenn Branca,
The Residents,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Marc Almond,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Flamin' Groovies,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Cure,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Jeff Lynne,
China Crisis,
Supertramp,
Marshall Jefferson,
David McCallum,
Gang Starr,
The Velvet Underground,
Godley & Creme,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Animal Collective, Animal Collective, Animal Collective, Animal Collective.
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.