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 Korea North and from Lyon.
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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
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 In Retrospect to the disco kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Minny Pops. All the underground hits.
All Piero Umiliani tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Red Krayola record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Juan Atkins,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Remains,
Black Sheep,
The Sonics,
The Doors,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
The Velvet Underground,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Visage,
The Index,
the Normal,
Fatback Band,
Model 500,
Hardrive,
Scientists,
Soul II Soul,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Howard Jones,
Smog,
Sun Ra,
Guru Guru,
Schoolly D,
Porter Ricks,
Lou Christie,
Albert Ayler,
E-Dancer,
Scion,
Basic Channel,
Slick Rick,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
UT,
Massinfluence,
Thompson Twins,
Average White Band,
The Cowsills,
Metal Thangz,
John Holt,
Gang Green,
Harpers Bizarre,
Terry Callier,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The Names,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Star Department,
Niagra,
Terrestrial Tones,
Dual Sessions,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Los Fastidios,
Boogie Down Productions,
Lakeside,
EPMD,
Magma,
The Slits,
Icehouse,
Eurythmics,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.