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 Micronesia and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Nas to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. All the underground hits.
All Newcleus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rufus Thomas record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a 808 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 oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Albert Ayler,
Grauzone,
Soulsonic Force,
John Cale,
Maurizio,
The Fire Engines,
Scientists,
Simply Red,
Max Romeo,
Little Man,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Suicide,
Yazoo,
Kerri Chandler,
Morten Harket,
Mark Hollis,
Metal Thangz,
Robert Görl,
Slick Rick,
Kurtis Blow,
Hasil Adkins,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Lalann,
The Detroit Cobras,
Deadbeat,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ice-T,
Japan,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Derrick Morgan,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Section 25,
Danielle Patucci,
Television Personalities,
Pussy Galore,
Bobby Sherman,
Tommy Roe,
Robert Wyatt,
Kayak,
The Monks,
Porter Ricks,
Moss Icon,
the Association,
Ossler,
Index,
Silicon Teens,
The Birthday Party,
Idris Muhammad,
The Gories,
Motorama,
Archie Shepp,
Boz Scaggs,
The Real Kids,
The Golliwogs,
Kaleidoscope,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Ronan,
Funky Four + One,
Zapp,
Alphaville,
Eyeless In Gaza,
China Crisis, China Crisis, China Crisis, China Crisis.
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.