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 United Kingdom and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Country Joe & The Fish to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Flesh Eaters. All the underground hits.
All Outsiders tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Basic Channel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ash Ra Tempel record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Absolute Body Control,
H. Thieme,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
EPMD,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Soul Sonic Force,
Todd Rundgren,
Funkadelic,
Nirvana,
Brothers Johnson,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Litter,
The Stooges,
The Skatalites,
Trumans Water,
Mars,
Bauhaus,
The Gories,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Little Man,
The Standells,
Cameo,
Reuben Wilson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Monochrome Set,
Chris & Cosey,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
the Soft Cell,
Gabor Szabo,
Black Sheep,
Gastr Del Sol,
Skaos,
Kaleidoscope,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Terry Callier,
Carl Craig,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Nico,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Five Americans,
Minutemen,
Quando Quango,
Oblivians,
Excepter,
Gang Starr,
Ralphi Rosario,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jeff Lynne,
Ultimate Spinach,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Nas,
The Young Rascals,
Godley & Creme,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Pere Ubu,
Deadbeat,
Loose Ends,
Fear,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra.
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.