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 Czech Republic and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the mellotron 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 Faust to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. All the underground hits.
All Frankie Knuckles tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The J.B.'s record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a 8 Eyed Spy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hasil Adkins,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Faraquet,
Tomorrow,
JFA,
Pantaleimon,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
the Sonics,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Oblivians,
Flipper,
Black Sheep,
Mary Jane Girls,
Matthew Halsall,
Make Up,
Minor Threat,
Monolake,
Masters at Work,
Camberwell Now,
Flash Fearless,
the Swans,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Bootsy Collins,
Sarah Menescal,
Robert Görl,
Altered Images,
Yazoo,
the Germs,
The Sound,
The American Breed,
The Birthday Party,
Bad Manners,
In Retrospect,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Mad Mike,
Essential Logic,
Throbbing Gristle,
Bill Wells,
Lalo Schifrin,
DJ Style,
Donny Hathaway,
Michelle Simonal,
The Detroit Cobras,
Joe Smooth,
Godley & Creme,
Newcleus,
The Gap Band,
Tears for Fears,
Scientists,
OOIOO,
Stiv Bators,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Crispy Ambulance,
Technova,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Reagan Youth,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Ralphi Rosario,
Half Japanese,
Girls At Our Best!,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Blancmange,
Von Mondo, Von Mondo, Von Mondo, Von Mondo.
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.