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 Syria and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the theremin 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 Roger Hodgson to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Cameo. All the underground hits.
All Pierre Henry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rhythm & Sound record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vainqueur record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Laurel Aitken,
Spandau Ballet,
Tommy Roe,
Khruangbin,
Deepchord,
In Retrospect,
The Victims,
Masters at Work,
Livin' Joy,
The Monochrome Set,
The Fortunes,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sparks,
The Flesh Eaters,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Nik Kershaw,
Ten City,
The Buckinghams,
Soul Sonic Force,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Byron Stingily,
Nick Fraelich,
Roxy Music,
Country Teasers,
Warsaw,
The Trojans,
John Coltrane,
Blancmange,
Sonic Youth,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Blues Magoos,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Symarip,
OOIOO,
Agitation Free,
Groovy Waters,
The Pop Group,
The Seeds,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Todd Rundgren,
Soulsonic Force,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Interpol,
Lower 48,
Chris & Cosey,
Metal Thangz,
Inner City,
Parry Music,
Morten Harket,
Sixth Finger,
Reagan Youth,
The Mummies,
David McCallum,
The Fuzztones,
Carl Craig,
The Music Machine,
Donny Hathaway,
Hoover,
Erykah Badu,
Derrick May,
Pantaleimon,
The Mojo Men,
Alphaville, Alphaville, Alphaville, Alphaville.
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.