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 Macedonia and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Sexual Harrassment to the dance kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Siouxsie and the Banshees. All the underground hits.
All The Cosmic Jokers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every One Last Wish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Franke record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bronski Beat,
Gang Starr,
The Skatalites,
Jeff Lynne,
Stereo Dub,
Derrick Morgan,
Underground Resistance,
Japan,
Warsaw,
Ornette Coleman,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Toni Rubio,
Kerri Chandler,
Erasure,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Desert Stars,
Mo-Dettes,
OOIOO,
Judy Mowatt,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Y Pants,
Fela Kuti,
Pantaleimon,
Television Personalities,
Letta Mbulu,
The Cure,
Von Mondo,
Can,
Patti Smith,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Susan Cadogan,
Boogie Down Productions,
CMW,
Spoonie Gee,
John Foxx,
Alphaville,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Mandrill,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Mary Jane Girls,
Minny Pops,
Bobby Sherman,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Rufus Thomas,
Jesper Dahlback,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Todd Terry,
Don Cherry,
The Techniques,
Main Source,
Vladislav Delay,
Neil Young,
Marshall Jefferson,
John Holt,
Albert Ayler,
One Last Wish,
Minor Threat,
Eddi Front,
Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey.
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.