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 Mexico and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1966 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Eyeless In Gaza to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Nils Olav. All the underground hits.
All Lightning Bolt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Donny Hathaway 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yaz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Cybotron,
the Human League,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Gregory Isaacs,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Unwound,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Grauzone,
Gang Gang Dance,
Khruangbin,
Public Image Ltd.,
Judy Mowatt,
Niagra,
Ossler,
Pylon,
Warren Ellis,
Janne Schatter,
Blancmange,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Lee Hazlewood,
Minutemen,
Oblivians,
Girls At Our Best!,
Ultimate Spinach,
Bobby Sherman,
The Standells,
The Raincoats,
Anthony Braxton,
Toni Rubio,
Tres Demented,
Desert Stars,
Outsiders,
Ituana,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Kenny Larkin,
Althea and Donna,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The New Christs,
Alphaville,
Youth Brigade,
Faraquet,
EPMD,
Goldenarms,
F. McDonald,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Doobie Brothers,
Panda Bear,
Marc Almond,
Gang Green,
Porter Ricks,
Danielle Patucci,
Donald Byrd,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Slave,
The Music Machine,
Nik Kershaw,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Moby Grape,
The Count Five,
The Star Department, The Star Department, The Star Department, The Star Department.
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.