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 Macedonia and from Bremen.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Art Ensemble Of Chicago to the punk 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 Stereo Dub. All the underground hits.
All Neu! tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Angry Samoans 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Jesus and Mary Chain record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
John Holt,
The Barracudas,
Reagan Youth,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Second Layer,
Joensuu 1685,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Smiths,
Dave Gahan,
Tropical Tobacco,
Scratch Acid,
Funky Four + One,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Bluetip,
Pantytec,
F. McDonald,
Spoonie Gee,
Audionom,
the Human League,
Rotary Connection,
Au Pairs,
Quadrant,
Cymande,
The Move,
The Gap Band,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
A Certain Ratio,
Skriet,
Bootsy Collins,
Kerri Chandler,
Massinfluence,
Rod Modell,
June Days,
Marc Almond,
Mantronix,
The Shadows of Knight,
JFA,
the Association,
Hot Snakes,
H. Thieme,
The Cure,
Warren Ellis,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Kinks,
Shuggie Otis,
The Black Dice,
Stetsasonic,
Pierre Henry,
Rakim,
Pere Ubu,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Scott Walker,
Black Moon,
Godley & Creme,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Girls At Our Best!,
Alton Ellis,
Donald Byrd,
Clear Light, Clear Light, Clear Light, Clear Light.
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.