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 Brazil and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 ABC to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Archie Shepp. All the underground hits.
All Barrington Levy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Idris Muhammad 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Skaos,
Grauzone,
Kerri Chandler,
Anthony Braxton,
Barclay James Harvest,
June of 44,
Gang of Four,
Con Funk Shun,
Chris & Cosey,
Eve St. Jones,
Lakeside,
Man Eating Sloth,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Index,
Outsiders,
Cal Tjader,
Zapp,
Eddi Front,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Parry Music,
The Mojo Men,
Swans,
Inner City,
Sun Ra,
Zero Boys,
Matthew Halsall,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Birthday Party,
Roxette,
Sonic Youth,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Gong,
Pulsallama,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Velvet Underground,
James White and The Blacks,
Radio Birdman,
Ohio Players,
Matthew Bourne,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Fire Engines,
Tres Demented,
Steve Hackett,
Jeff Lynne,
Black Moon,
The Alarm Clocks,
Stereo Dub,
The Invisible,
Clear Light,
The Misunderstood,
Mark Hollis,
Jawbox,
Rites of Spring,
Urselle,
Rod Modell,
Aural Exciters,
The Smiths,
Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash, Grandmaster Flash.
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.