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 Spain and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Ultravox 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 Notorious Big And Bone Thugs. All the underground hits.
All Vainqueur tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every EPMD record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pierre Henry record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sugar Minott,
Colin Newman,
a-ha,
Schoolly D,
Echospace,
Cabaret Voltaire,
MDC,
L. Decosne,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Shuggie Otis,
Symarip,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Josef K,
Agent Orange,
K-Klass,
Sällskapet,
Con Funk Shun,
Black Moon,
Wings,
Albert Ayler,
The Sonics,
Reuben Wilson,
Q and Not U,
Crooked Eye,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Man Parrish,
kango's stein massive,
Delta 5,
Pylon,
Roger Hodgson,
Flipper,
Qualms,
Joey Negro,
Kurtis Blow,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Piero Umiliani,
Graham Central Station,
Arab on Radar,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Circle Jerks,
Camberwell Now,
Heaven 17,
One Last Wish,
The Velvet Underground,
Excepter,
Urselle,
DJ Sneak,
Minnie Riperton,
Malaria!,
Little Man,
Crash Course in Science,
Aswad,
Lee Hazlewood,
Supertramp,
DNA,
Q65,
Country Teasers,
Black Bananas,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Fatback Band,
Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye.
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.