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 United States and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1966 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Sound to the rock 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 Fela Kuti. All the underground hits.
All Jeru the Damaja tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rufus Thomas record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chrome record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rhythm & Sound,
Flash Fearless,
The Divine Comedy,
Davy DMX,
Kerrie Biddell,
a-ha,
Soul II Soul,
The Raincoats,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Kenny Larkin,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Guru Guru,
The Sonics,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
JFA,
Pere Ubu,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Fad Gadget,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Slave,
Bobby Sherman,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Electric Prunes,
Mandrill,
Faust,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Ronan,
Neu!,
Scott Walker,
Surgeon,
The Skatalites,
The Invisible,
The Fortunes,
Bizarre Inc.,
Todd Terry,
Avey Tare,
Deepchord,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Gang Starr,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Lower 48,
The Count Five,
The Zeros,
Whodini,
Tomorrow,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Hoover,
Robert Görl,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Lalann,
Archie Shepp,
Altered Images,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Standells,
Bluetip,
48th St. Collective,
Bootsy Collins,
Section 25, Section 25, Section 25, Section 25.
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.