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 the UAE and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 MDC to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Tommy Roe. All the underground hits.
All Bluetip tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sixth Finger 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Maurizio record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roxette,
Supertramp,
Grauzone,
Rod Modell,
Masters at Work,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Bad Manners,
Excepter,
David Bowie,
Scan 7,
Fluxion,
Alphaville,
Panda Bear,
Altered Images,
The Flesh Eaters,
Bluetip,
Ponytail,
Fad Gadget,
Anakelly,
Delta 5,
8 Eyed Spy,
L. Decosne,
Robert Wyatt,
Dennis Brown,
Kool Moe Dee,
Ultravox,
Slick Rick,
Procol Harum,
The Electric Prunes,
Freddie Wadling,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Peter & Gordon,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Newcleus,
Faraquet,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The United States of America,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Monochrome Set,
The Evens,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Tommy Roe,
Sister Nancy,
Tomorrow,
Ice-T,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Skatalites,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
June of 44,
Soulsonic Force,
Boz Scaggs,
The Dave Clark Five,
Pulsallama,
David Axelrod,
The Searchers,
U.S. Maple,
Big Daddy Kane,
Boredoms,
The Fire Engines,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Popol Vuh,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.