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 Egypt and from Beijing.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Newcleus to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Grauzone. All the underground hits.
All The Real Kids tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mojo Men 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ronan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bluetip,
Little Man,
Judy Mowatt,
John Foxx,
Zapp,
Tears for Fears,
Moss Icon,
Marcia Griffiths,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
John Holt,
Funkadelic,
Maleditus Sound,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Agent Orange,
The Fugs,
Faraquet,
The Flesh Eaters,
Nico,
Drive Like Jehu,
Boogie Down Productions,
Monolake,
The Victims,
Ten City,
Fad Gadget,
Visage,
Organ,
Sugar Minott,
Scientists,
Swans,
Howard Jones,
Negative Approach,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Intrusion,
Reagan Youth,
Wasted Youth,
The Associates,
Make Up,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Stooges,
Audionom,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Groovy Waters,
Vladislav Delay,
Dawn Penn,
Circle Jerks,
Mad Mike,
DNA,
UT,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Technova,
Sarah Menescal,
Moby Grape,
Aaron Thompson,
Second Layer,
Agitation Free,
Eve St. Jones,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Funky Four + One,
Joensuu 1685,
Rod Modell, Rod Modell, Rod Modell, Rod Modell.
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.