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 Peru and from Lagos.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Dark Day to the disco 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 Joy Division. All the underground hits.
All Bill Wells tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Strawberry Alarm Clock record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bauhaus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jeff Mills,
The Dave Clark Five,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
PIL,
Fort Wilson Riot,
R.M.O.,
Gastr Del Sol,
Model 500,
Stereo Dub,
Pet Shop Boys,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Brothers Johnson,
Ten City,
Simply Red,
Television,
The Golliwogs,
Tommy Roe,
Section 25,
Ituana,
Anakelly,
Rotary Connection,
Technova,
Mad Mike,
The Saints,
Aaron Thompson,
Judy Mowatt,
Marc Almond,
KRS-One,
Thompson Twins,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Can,
Soul Sonic Force,
Idris Muhammad,
Buzzcocks,
Moss Icon,
Sandy B,
Pylon,
Patti Smith,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Alison Limerick,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Cecil Taylor,
ABC,
Yazoo,
Quando Quango,
Goldenarms,
The Zeros,
Sunsets and Hearts,
F. McDonald,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Jacob Miller,
Bush Tetras,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Althea and Donna,
Whodini,
Vainqueur,
Jacques Brel,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Sonic Youth,
Fat Boys,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown.
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.