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 South Sudan and from Cairo.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Cluster to the disco kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Hashim. All the underground hits.
All Stockholm Monsters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Flamin' Groovies record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 theremin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Todd Terry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David McCallum,
Arcadia,
Curtis Mayfield,
Nick Fraelich,
Kerrie Biddell,
Main Source,
The Invisible,
The Slits,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Moody Blues,
Yusef Lateef,
Goldenarms,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Five Americans,
the Fania All-Stars,
Moby Grape,
Spandau Ballet,
Metal Thangz,
Bob Dylan,
Oneida,
Aswad,
Danielle Patucci,
Ossler,
Lee Hazlewood,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
The Fall,
One Last Wish,
The Gladiators,
Kevin Saunderson,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Skarface,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
T. Rex,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Grauzone,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Blues Magoos,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Supertramp,
Lou Christie,
Amon Düül,
Tears for Fears,
Mars,
Terry Callier,
Delta 5,
Soulsonic Force,
Neu!,
Marine Girls,
OOIOO,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Misunderstood,
Mantronix,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Leonard Cohen,
La Düsseldorf,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
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.