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 Pakistan and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Janne Schatter to the techno kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth. All the underground hits.
All Marvin Gaye tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sparks 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry's Kids record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The New Christs,
Sam Rivers,
Parry Music,
Moebius,
Eric Copeland,
Nils Olav,
Lebanon Hanover,
Nas,
D'Angelo,
Hasil Adkins,
Chrome,
The Dave Clark Five,
Kevin Saunderson,
Lalo Schifrin,
Marc Almond,
Aural Exciters,
Jeff Mills,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Pet Shop Boys,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Steve Hackett,
Crash Course in Science,
kango's stein massive,
Nik Kershaw,
Guru Guru,
The Skatalites,
Qualms,
Minor Threat,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Warren Ellis,
Godley & Creme,
Junior Murvin,
Infiniti,
Eve St. Jones,
The Seeds,
Bauhaus,
Skaos,
Spandau Ballet,
Quantec,
Motorama,
Morten Harket,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Joensuu 1685,
Drexciya,
Fear,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Associates,
Gang Gang Dance,
Duran Duran,
Dead Boys,
Joey Negro,
Smog,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Durutti Column,
Lakeside,
Howard Jones,
Neil Young,
David McCallum, David McCallum, David McCallum, David McCallum.
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.