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 Argentina and from Portland.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Pet Shop Boys to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 The Divine Comedy. All the underground hits.
All Swell Maps tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dual Sessions 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a In Retrospect record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Thee Headcoats,
Lower 48,
E-Dancer,
The Fortunes,
Althea and Donna,
Lalo Schifrin,
Inner City,
The Raincoats,
Accadde A,
Kerri Chandler,
Joensuu 1685,
Eurythmics,
The Skatalites,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jawbox,
Urselle,
Blake Baxter,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Whodini,
AZ,
A Certain Ratio,
Sparks,
Frankie Knuckles,
MC5,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Bronski Beat,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
the Fania All-Stars,
Lebanon Hanover,
Surgeon,
Archie Shepp,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Anthony Braxton,
Zero Boys,
Dark Day,
R.M.O.,
Arthur Verocai,
Supertramp,
Hot Snakes,
Gang Gang Dance,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Human League,
Alison Limerick,
Mad Mike,
Cluster,
Sandy B,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Grandmaster Flash,
Hardrive,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Techniques,
Carl Craig,
Animal Collective,
Silicon Teens,
PIL,
The Electric Prunes,
Subhumans,
Quantec,
John Holt,
Grauzone,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.
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.