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 Moldova and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1968 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 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 Pantytec to the rock 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 Bluetip. All the underground hits.
All Altered Images tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every cv313 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 theremin and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vaughan Mason & Crew record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Carl Craig,
Al Stewart,
Maurizio,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Sound,
Colin Newman,
Jesper Dahlback,
Barbara Tucker,
Laurel Aitken,
The Fortunes,
Letta Mbulu,
The Searchers,
John Foxx,
Peter & Gordon,
Q65,
Lebanon Hanover,
Qualms,
The Move,
10cc,
Section 25,
Judy Mowatt,
Desert Stars,
Soulsonic Force,
The Detroit Cobras,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
ABC,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Bad Manners,
Masters at Work,
The Remains,
Tears for Fears,
Spoonie Gee,
Soul Sonic Force,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Godley & Creme,
Flamin' Groovies,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Inner City,
Essential Logic,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Mojo Men,
Young Marble Giants,
Bizarre Inc.,
Brick,
The Slackers,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Frankie Knuckles,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Girls At Our Best!,
Goldenarms,
The Smoke,
The Cramps,
Heaven 17,
Mr. Review,
Average White Band,
John Coltrane,
Popol Vuh,
Jawbox,
Tommy Roe,
Sam Rivers,
Zero Boys,
The Doors, The Doors, The Doors, The Doors.
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.