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 Switzerland 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 1960 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Peter & Gordon to the funk 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 Half Japanese. All the underground hits.
All Talk Talk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Offenders 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Danielle Patucci record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Zapp,
The Fire Engines,
Mary Jane Girls,
Joe Finger,
Gastr Del Sol,
Tommy Roe,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Sun Ra,
The Gories,
The Pop Group,
EPMD,
Audionom,
D'Angelo,
Joey Negro,
Nick Fraelich,
Duran Duran,
Suburban Knight,
Marine Girls,
Ralphi Rosario,
Tears for Fears,
Rapeman,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Symarip,
Piero Umiliani,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Jimmy McGriff,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Sonics,
Vladislav Delay,
Spandau Ballet,
The Modern Lovers,
Stetsasonic,
Panda Bear,
H. Thieme,
the Fania All-Stars,
Morten Harket,
Lee Hazlewood,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Agent Orange,
Liliput,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Gabor Szabo,
Groovy Waters,
David Bowie,
the Association,
OOIOO,
Blake Baxter,
The Young Rascals,
Youth Brigade,
Kerri Chandler,
Adolescents,
Hashim,
David McCallum,
The Evens,
Spoonie Gee,
Fear,
Oneida,
Jerry Gold Smith, Jerry Gold Smith, Jerry Gold Smith, Jerry Gold Smith.
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.