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 Andorra and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1967 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish to the grime kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 The Fuzztones. All the underground hits.
All Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Country Teasers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 rhodes and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bizarre Inc. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Davy DMX,
Isaac Hayes,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Smoke,
The Human League,
In Retrospect,
Black Flag,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Dual Sessions,
Popol Vuh,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Arab on Radar,
New Age Steppers,
Susan Cadogan,
Lalann,
The Motions,
Niagra,
Lalo Schifrin,
Blake Baxter,
Robert Wyatt,
The Fugs,
Grauzone,
Thompson Twins,
Steve Hackett,
Sam Rivers,
Kayak,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Franke,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Flesh Eaters,
OOIOO,
Hasil Adkins,
Jesper Dahlback,
Sound Behaviour,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Techniques,
AZ,
EPMD,
Pere Ubu,
Gastr Del Sol,
Dave Gahan,
ABBA,
Crispy Ambulance,
Amon Düül II,
Aloha Tigers,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Pretty Things,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Masters at Work,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
This Heat,
The Doobie Brothers,
Slick Rick,
The Toasters,
Ronan,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Ohio Players,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Mary Jane Girls,
Gerry Rafferty,
Joe Finger, Joe Finger, Joe Finger, Joe Finger.
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.