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 Zimbabwe and from Lille.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 New Order to the dance 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 Bobby Sherman. All the underground hits.
All Pierre Henry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Procol Harum 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Susan Cadogan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron 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?
Joyce Sims,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Eurythmics,
The Alarm Clocks,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
In Retrospect,
Kas Product,
Idris Muhammad,
Joe Finger,
The Zeros,
Nick Fraelich,
Drexciya,
Kerri Chandler,
The Sonics,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Index,
Dawn Penn,
Joy Division,
Bill Wells,
John Foxx,
Pussy Galore,
The Misunderstood,
Minor Threat,
Public Image Ltd.,
Hoover,
Franke,
Youth Brigade,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Soul II Soul,
Thee Headcoats,
F. McDonald,
The Invisible,
Can,
Barry Ungar,
Duran Duran,
Letta Mbulu,
Grey Daturas,
Peter & Gordon,
The Doors,
Shoche,
Whodini,
Simply Red,
Groovy Waters,
Blake Baxter,
Mission of Burma,
Marvin Gaye,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Eric Copeland,
Dark Day,
Vladislav Delay,
Fat Boys,
Royal Trux,
Soft Cell,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Blancmange,
Deepchord,
Ultimate Spinach,
Parry Music,
Faraquet,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo.
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.