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 Benin and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 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 New Order to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Masters at Work. All the underground hits.
All The Seeds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kurtis Blow 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sandy B record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Coltrane,
Rotary Connection,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
New Age Steppers,
Iggy Pop,
Tim Buckley,
Bobby Byrd,
Fluxion,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Jerry's Kids,
Warsaw,
The Residents,
Zapp,
The Dirtbombs,
Neil Young,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Roxy Music,
The Slackers,
Von Mondo,
Kas Product,
Brass Construction,
Lindisfarne,
Public Image Ltd.,
Sonic Youth,
MDC,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Interpol,
The Human League,
Pierre Henry,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Moody Blues,
Shuggie Otis,
D'Angelo,
Panda Bear,
The Star Department,
Robert Görl,
Pet Shop Boys,
Bluetip,
Newcleus,
Trumans Water,
Marc Almond,
Kenny Larkin,
The Toasters,
Hasil Adkins,
Joe Smooth,
The Cowsills,
F. McDonald,
Stetsasonic,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Associates,
The Zeros,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Lalann,
Babytalk,
AZ,
Lucky Dragons,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Visage,
Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter, Janne Schatter.
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.