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 Thailand and from Beijing.
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 1961 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Ultramagnetic MC's to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Associates. All the underground hits.
All Soul II Soul tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every A Certain Ratio record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Johnny Osbourne record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Piero Umiliani,
Andrew Hill,
10cc,
Stockholm Monsters,
Half Japanese,
Curtis Mayfield,
Nils Olav,
The Zeros,
Bluetip,
Popol Vuh,
Maurizio,
Agent Orange,
The Buckinghams,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Panda Bear,
Procol Harum,
Newcleus,
Rod Modell,
Chris & Cosey,
X-102,
Eric B and Rakim,
Pylon,
Fluxion,
New Age Steppers,
KRS-One,
Soul Sonic Force,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Jawbox,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
D'Angelo,
JFA,
The Litter,
Interpol,
Ice-T,
Harry Pussy,
Morten Harket,
Brothers Johnson,
Scott Walker,
T. Rex,
John Coltrane,
The Birthday Party,
Liliput,
Basic Channel,
Skarface,
Lower 48,
R.M.O.,
The Gap Band,
The Detroit Cobras,
Model 500,
Gichy Dan,
FM Einheit,
Soulsonic Force,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jacob Miller,
Depeche Mode,
Easy Going,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Dawn Penn,
Kurtis Blow,
These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls, These Immortal Souls.
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.