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 Peru and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Joe Smooth to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Negative Approach. All the underground hits.
All Pulsallama tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Niagra record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 snare and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Deadbeat record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
cv313,
Archie Shepp,
La Düsseldorf,
Slave,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Surgeon,
Stereo Dub,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Avey Tare,
The Angels of Light,
Adolescents,
48th St. Collective,
AZ,
Maurizio,
June Days,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Fatback Band,
Bush Tetras,
Model 500,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Depeche Mode,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Hasil Adkins,
Barry Ungar,
The Mojo Men,
Can,
Arcadia,
Thee Headcoats,
Hot Snakes,
The Gories,
Lou Reed,
Q and Not U,
The Busters,
Accadde A,
This Heat,
Marcia Griffiths,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Matthew Halsall,
The Toasters,
Deadbeat,
The Invisible,
Ultimate Spinach,
Quando Quango,
Jacques Brel,
The Evens,
Intrusion,
Blake Baxter,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Happenings,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Flesh Eaters,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Porter Ricks,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Livin' Joy,
ABBA,
Alton Ellis,
Angry Samoans,
Chris & Cosey,
Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren.
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.