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 Belgium and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Eurythmics to the crunk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Alphaville. All the underground hits.
All Robert Wyatt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Television record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 an organ and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The American Breed 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?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jeff Mills,
Johnny Osbourne,
Niagra,
Livin' Joy,
Eric Copeland,
Neil Young,
Audionom,
Rosa Yemen,
Peter & Gordon,
AZ,
B.T. Express,
The Litter,
The Moody Blues,
KRS-One,
Johnny Clarke,
Drive Like Jehu,
Gang Gang Dance,
Idris Muhammad,
Bad Manners,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Scan 7,
the Normal,
Ultravox,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Royal Trux,
Ornette Coleman,
Marc Almond,
The Tremeloes,
Sun City Girls,
Girls At Our Best!,
Gang of Four,
Pagans,
The Shadows of Knight,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Deepchord,
Rapeman,
In Retrospect,
The Buckinghams,
Moss Icon,
Groovy Waters,
Monolake,
Bronski Beat,
Half Japanese,
Guru Guru,
Heaven 17,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Victims,
Grauzone,
Man Eating Sloth,
Model 500,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Man Parrish,
Bobby Sherman,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Jeff Lynne,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Parry Music,
Alison Limerick,
LL Cool J,
Little Man,
The Remains,
Jesper Dahlback,
Porter Ricks, Porter Ricks, Porter Ricks, Porter Ricks.
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.