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 Peru and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Amon Düül II to the rap 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 John Coltrane. All the underground hits.
All Country Joe & The Fish tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Wally Richardson record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jesper Dahlback record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Dolphy,
a-ha,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Sällskapet,
T.S.O.L.,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Isaac Hayes,
The Alarm Clocks,
Mandrill,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
John Lydon,
Subhumans,
X-101,
Sonic Youth,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Iggy Pop,
Neil Young,
The Human League,
Quantec,
Jeru the Damaja,
Scratch Acid,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Martian,
Freddie Wadling,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Depeche Mode,
Amazonics,
Eddi Front,
Kayak,
Matthew Bourne,
Massinfluence,
The Gladiators,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Walker Brothers,
Lightning Bolt,
Joy Division,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Sonny Sharrock,
Cybotron,
The Mummies,
Tomorrow,
John Coltrane,
Prince Buster,
Stockholm Monsters,
Bobby Womack,
Connie Case,
Funky Four + One,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Qualms,
Lee Hazlewood,
Lalann,
Tears for Fears,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Agitation Free,
Rod Modell,
F. McDonald,
Idris Muhammad,
John Foxx,
Popol Vuh,
Ludus, Ludus, Ludus, Ludus.
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.