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 Singapore and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1973 at the first Television 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 John Cale to the rap kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Pere Ubu. All the underground hits.
All The Pop Group tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Human League 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joe Smooth record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Motions,
D'Angelo,
The Barracudas,
Black Moon,
Rakim,
Skarface,
Silicon Teens,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Doors,
David Axelrod,
These Immortal Souls,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Dave Clark Five,
Scratch Acid,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Simply Red,
Skaos,
Johnny Clarke,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Reagan Youth,
Bizarre Inc.,
Suburban Knight,
Second Layer,
Kurtis Blow,
The Trojans,
Marmalade,
Niagra,
Ken Boothe,
Sam Rivers,
Dave Gahan,
10cc,
Yellowson,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Dual Sessions,
Bluetip,
The Detroit Cobras,
R.M.O.,
The Wake,
Rotary Connection,
The Monochrome Set,
Matthew Bourne,
Soul II Soul,
Jeff Mills,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
June Days,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Hoover,
Alison Limerick,
Steve Hackett,
The Raincoats,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Juan Atkins,
cv313,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
ABBA,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Danielle Patucci,
Spandau Ballet,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family, Angels of Light & Akron/Family.
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.