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 Micronesia and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Pop Group to the rap 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 Deadbeat. All the underground hits.
All It's A Beautiful Day tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rakim record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David McCallum record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Durutti Column,
One Last Wish,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Mummies,
Freddie Wadling,
ABBA,
Bobby Sherman,
Hasil Adkins,
UT,
Bizarre Inc.,
Bronski Beat,
Qualms,
The Leaves,
The Fugs,
Glenn Branca,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Detroit Cobras,
Cal Tjader,
Marvin Gaye,
Section 25,
The Walker Brothers,
The Motions,
The Alarm Clocks,
Gong,
DNA,
The Standells,
Stetsasonic,
Bluetip,
Smog,
Das Ding,
Outsiders,
Technova,
Yaz,
The Slackers,
Ralphi Rosario,
Scion,
Tom Boy,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Cramps,
Avey Tare,
The Victims,
The Count Five,
China Crisis,
Roy Ayers,
Sparks,
Fear,
Monks,
Connie Case,
Leonard Cohen,
X-101,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Circle Jerks,
The Gladiators,
Nils Olav,
the Association,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Raincoats,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls.
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.