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 Indonesia and from Cairo.
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 1960 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the organ 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 Das Ding to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Smiths. All the underground hits.
All James Chance & The Contortions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Roy Ayers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a DJ Sneak record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Sonics,
Kool Moe Dee,
Adolescents,
Massinfluence,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Scientists,
Darondo,
Kerri Chandler,
The Buckinghams,
Gong,
Flamin' Groovies,
Masters at Work,
The Gladiators,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Cal Tjader,
Yellowson,
Anakelly,
Chris & Cosey,
Derrick Morgan,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Smiths,
Gerry Rafferty,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Urselle,
Michelle Simonal,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Reagan Youth,
Godley & Creme,
The Offenders,
Bill Wells,
Amazonics,
The Barracudas,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Sugar Minott,
The Names,
Dennis Brown,
Wire,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Pere Ubu,
Davy DMX,
Todd Rundgren,
Lakeside,
Siglo XX,
Jeru the Damaja,
the Bar-Kays,
Robert Wyatt,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Soft Cell,
Junior Murvin,
Fort Wilson Riot,
K-Klass,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Toni Rubio,
Joy Division,
Al Stewart,
Black Moon,
Yaz,
Rites of Spring,
The Flesh Eaters,
Rotary Connection,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Visage,
Freddie Wadling, Freddie Wadling, Freddie Wadling, Freddie Wadling.
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.