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 Comoros and from Taipei.
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 1963 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Qualms to the rap kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Parry Music. All the underground hits.
All Funky Four + One tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Techniques 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tubeway Army record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Interpol,
Japan,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Supertramp,
Icehouse,
The Seeds,
Symarip,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Cramps,
Alison Limerick,
Rosa Yemen,
Shuggie Otis,
Spoonie Gee,
DJ Style,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Aloha Tigers,
T. Rex,
Yusef Lateef,
Yaz,
Von Mondo,
Scion,
Scan 7,
X-102,
The Neon Judgement,
Kas Product,
Fugazi,
Oblivians,
The Young Rascals,
The Misunderstood,
Sister Nancy,
Rufus Thomas,
the Soft Cell,
Harmonia,
Loose Ends,
Blossom Toes,
This Heat,
Sonny Sharrock,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Guru Guru,
One Last Wish,
Boz Scaggs,
Banda Bassotti,
Sixth Finger,
The Vogues,
Chris & Cosey,
Eric Dolphy,
Flipper,
Pagans,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Easy Going,
Juan Atkins,
Aswad,
Blancmange,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Goldenarms,
The Remains,
The United States of America,
Fad Gadget, Fad Gadget, Fad Gadget, Fad Gadget.
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.