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 Algeria and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
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 Qualms to the disco 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 Gang Green. All the underground hits.
All Depeche Mode tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lucky Dragons record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a DNA record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Isaac Hayes,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Skriet,
Johnny Osbourne,
X-101,
Popol Vuh,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Eli Mardock,
Procol Harum,
Tomorrow,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Angry Samoans,
Robert Wyatt,
Cymande,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Y Pants,
Andrew Hill,
The Doors,
Model 500,
Lungfish,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Masters at Work,
Index,
Howard Jones,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Japan,
Connie Case,
Hoover,
Jeru the Damaja,
The Index,
Circle Jerks,
Easy Going,
Jawbox,
The Martian,
The Pop Group,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Pylon,
Black Bananas,
Lalo Schifrin,
Metal Thangz,
10cc,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Sixth Finger,
Chrome,
Sällskapet,
H. Thieme,
June of 44,
Shuggie Otis,
Warsaw,
The Kinks,
Crime,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Nico,
Fad Gadget,
Scientists,
The Electric Prunes,
The Human League,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.