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 Palau and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 808 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 Lou Christie to the dance kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Sonic Youth. All the underground hits.
All Brass Construction tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boz Scaggs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Junior Murvin,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Black Moon,
kango's stein massive,
Siglo XX,
Letta Mbulu,
Chris & Cosey,
Cymande,
Brand Nubian,
PIL,
Das Ding,
The Cowsills,
Mr. Review,
Quantec,
Morten Harket,
Black Pus,
The Sound,
The Sonics,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Mojo Men,
Fort Wilson Riot,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Monolake,
The Searchers,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Young Marble Giants,
Popol Vuh,
Vainqueur,
Danielle Patucci,
Minor Threat,
Neu!,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Skriet,
Kurtis Blow,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Steve Hackett,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Mark Hollis,
Piero Umiliani,
The Residents,
Mo-Dettes,
Gang of Four,
E-Dancer,
Angry Samoans,
The Stooges,
Trumans Water,
Lou Reed,
Sparks,
Yusef Lateef,
Harpers Bizarre,
Bush Tetras,
Minnie Riperton,
R.M.O.,
Pussy Galore,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Quadrant, Quadrant, Quadrant, Quadrant.
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.