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 Chad and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 theremin 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 Brick to the punk 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 Aloha Tigers. All the underground hits.
All Skriet tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter and Kerry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Davy DMX record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
Jacques Brel,
The Electric Prunes,
The Neon Judgement,
Q65,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Roger Hodgson,
Nils Olav,
Icehouse,
Bobby Byrd,
David Bowie,
Matthew Halsall,
Todd Terry,
Kevin Saunderson,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Idris Muhammad,
Outsiders,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Soul II Soul,
Steve Hackett,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Crispian St. Peters,
Camouflage,
The Motions,
The Red Krayola,
Parry Music,
In Retrospect,
Glenn Branca,
Gregory Isaacs,
Arab on Radar,
Stockholm Monsters,
Michelle Simonal,
Grauzone,
Eddi Front,
Morten Harket,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Panda Bear,
Wings,
Sällskapet,
Fat Boys,
Thee Headcoats,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Skatalites,
Don Cherry,
Laurel Aitken,
Franke,
Depeche Mode,
Tomorrow,
Yellowson,
Ultravox,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Sonics,
Popol Vuh,
The Fortunes,
Gabor Szabo,
ABBA,
The Saints,
The Mojo Men,
The Cramps,
Radio Birdman,
Duran Duran,
Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station.
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.