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 Dominica and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Electric Light Orchestra to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Bob Dylan. All the underground hits.
All New York Dolls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Magma 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Peanut Butter Conspiracy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cheater Slicks,
Make Up,
Josef K,
Supertramp,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
A Certain Ratio,
Judy Mowatt,
Jawbox,
The Martian,
Visage,
Mantronix,
Pantaleimon,
Tears for Fears,
Quadrant,
Los Fastidios,
Aaron Thompson,
DJ Style,
Colin Newman,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
T. Rex,
The Star Department,
Sugar Minott,
Ultimate Spinach,
Lindisfarne,
Freddie Wadling,
Absolute Body Control,
Deakin,
the Swans,
The Modern Lovers,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Bluetip,
Amon Düül,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Golliwogs,
Surgeon,
Desert Stars,
Marine Girls,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Kenny Larkin,
E-Dancer,
The Searchers,
Kayak,
X-102,
Bronski Beat,
The Fire Engines,
Charles Mingus,
Massinfluence,
DJ Sneak,
The Knickerbockers,
Livin' Joy,
One Last Wish,
Skaos,
Lalo Schifrin,
Nils Olav,
Trumans Water,
The Birthday Party,
The J.B.'s,
Half Japanese,
Girls At Our Best!,
Lakeside,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc., Bizarre Inc..
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.