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 Mali and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1966 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the 808 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 Jimmy McGriff to the grime 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 Chris & Cosey. All the underground hits.
All Brand Nubian tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Litter record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Lydon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Maleditus Sound,
Banda Bassotti,
Dawn Penn,
Ohio Players,
Isaac Hayes,
Cymande,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Symarip,
Judy Mowatt,
Urselle,
The Monochrome Set,
Soul Sonic Force,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Alison Limerick,
Lightning Bolt,
Sällskapet,
Second Layer,
The Standells,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Parry Music,
Lower 48,
Al Stewart,
Ultravox,
Brothers Johnson,
Laurel Aitken,
Patti Smith,
The Electric Prunes,
The Buckinghams,
Marvin Gaye,
Jawbox,
Suicide,
Yazoo,
The American Breed,
Jandek,
DJ Style,
Boogie Down Productions,
Sound Behaviour,
Altered Images,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Mad Mike,
Main Source,
a-ha,
Q and Not U,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Niagra,
Tubeway Army,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Ronnie Foster,
Fear,
Sparks,
Yaz,
Masters at Work,
Ornette Coleman,
Goldenarms,
Chris & Cosey,
The Alarm Clocks,
E-Dancer,
La Düsseldorf,
Livin' Joy,
Lalo Schifrin,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Interpol,
Eddi Front, Eddi Front, Eddi Front, Eddi Front.
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.