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 Austria and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Wolf Eyes to the punk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Marvin Gaye. All the underground hits.
All Television Personalities tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Zapp 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 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 Goldenarms record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joensuu 1685,
PIL,
The Associates,
Main Source,
The Cure,
the Human League,
Scan 7,
Ultravox,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
UT,
Au Pairs,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
the Normal,
X-102,
The Grass Roots,
June Days,
Urselle,
Youth Brigade,
The Leaves,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Harpers Bizarre,
L. Decosne,
Hoover,
Tim Buckley,
Gregory Isaacs,
Thompson Twins,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Quantec,
Fluxion,
Rufus Thomas,
The Fuzztones,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Cowsills,
Bob Dylan,
The Kinks,
D'Angelo,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Mr. Review,
Amazonics,
The Velvet Underground,
Easy Going,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Visage,
Sonic Youth,
Chris Corsano,
Funkadelic,
Depeche Mode,
The Count Five,
Brick,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Fela Kuti,
Neu!,
Be Bop Deluxe,
E-Dancer,
Stereo Dub,
Bobby Womack,
DJ Sneak,
Grauzone,
Prince Buster, Prince Buster, Prince Buster, Prince Buster.
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.