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 Papua New Guinea and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Brick to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Roxy Music. All the underground hits.
All Symarip tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sugar Minott record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ajijia Myrayebe record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
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,
The Skatalites,
Talk Talk,
Glambeats Corp.,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Gang of Four,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Mandrill,
Quantec,
a-ha,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Sun Ra,
JFA,
Girls At Our Best!,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Alice Coltrane,
Rosa Yemen,
Parry Music,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Todd Terry,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Ultravox,
Barrington Levy,
Jeff Mills,
Half Japanese,
Oblivians,
Lou Reed,
Bush Tetras,
John Lydon,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Jandek,
Lightning Bolt,
Mark Hollis,
Flash Fearless,
Guru Guru,
F. McDonald,
Rod Modell,
Isaac Hayes,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Ultra Naté,
Shuggie Otis,
the Human League,
Average White Band,
David Bowie,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Jawbox,
Sun City Girls,
the Bar-Kays,
Donny Hathaway,
Swans,
Jimmy McGriff,
A Certain Ratio,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Panda Bear,
Section 25,
Ludus,
Arthur Verocai,
The Busters,
Joy Division,
Suicide,
Henry Cow, Henry Cow, Henry Cow, Henry Cow.
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.