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 Oman and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 arpeggiator 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 Quantec to the techno 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 Reagan Youth. All the underground hits.
All Cymande tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Loose Ends record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 chamberlin and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Michelle Simonal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gang Green,
Lalo Schifrin,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Blackbyrds,
Johnny Clarke,
Sugar Minott,
KRS-One,
The Associates,
Grauzone,
Japan,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Amon Düül,
Nils Olav,
Kayak,
Qualms,
Little Man,
Bobby Byrd,
Byron Stingily,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Cheater Slicks,
Quadrant,
Lindisfarne,
The Real Kids,
Das Ding,
DNA,
Isaac Hayes,
Ponytail,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
World's Most,
Loose Ends,
Steve Hackett,
Fat Boys,
Harmonia,
Barry Ungar,
Stereo Dub,
Todd Terry,
New Age Steppers,
Scientists,
Terrestrial Tones,
Skaos,
Ultravox,
Arcadia,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Nico,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Gil Scott Heron,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Panda Bear,
CMW,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
kango's stein massive,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
DJ Sneak,
Bang On A Can,
Mo-Dettes,
Joe Smooth,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Cal Tjader,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Michelle Simonal,
Depeche Mode,
Wings,
Oppenheimer Analysis, Oppenheimer Analysis, Oppenheimer Analysis, Oppenheimer Analysis.
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.