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 Guinea and from Salvador.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the organ 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 Technova to the punk 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 Ajijia Myrayebe. All the underground hits.
All Y Pants tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Spoonie Gee record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Black Sheep record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Robert Görl,
Bronski Beat,
Althea and Donna,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Graham Central Station,
Aaron Thompson,
Camberwell Now,
The Cowsills,
Sound Behaviour,
Tom Boy,
The Music Machine,
Pussy Galore,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Spoonie Gee,
Aloha Tigers,
Qualms,
DJ Style,
the Human League,
The Mojo Men,
K-Klass,
Hasil Adkins,
Rufus Thomas,
Eric Dolphy,
Tommy Roe,
Leonard Cohen,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Gregory Isaacs,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Kurtis Blow,
David Bowie,
OOIOO,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Delon & Dalcan,
New Age Steppers,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Accadde A,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Count Five,
Q and Not U,
Tres Demented,
The Cure,
Ossler,
Pharoah Sanders,
Niagra,
Danielle Patucci,
Minnie Riperton,
Kerri Chandler,
Tubeway Army,
Warsaw,
Soul Sonic Force,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Techniques,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Litter, The Litter, The Litter, The Litter.
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.