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 Kazakhstan and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 güiro 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 Ronan to the dance 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 Kaleidoscope. All the underground hits.
All Louis and Bebe Barron tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agitation Free record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 güiro and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yazoo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lalann,
Lungfish,
Bronski Beat,
Isaac Hayes,
Adolescents,
Althea and Donna,
The Dead C,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Arcadia,
Monolake,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Lindisfarne,
Delta 5,
CMW,
Yaz,
X-101,
The Velvet Underground,
8 Eyed Spy,
Sex Pistols,
Lou Reed,
Goldenarms,
Jeff Lynne,
E-Dancer,
The Techniques,
Roxette,
Jesper Dahlback,
Leonard Cohen,
China Crisis,
Eve St. Jones,
Graham Central Station,
Iggy Pop,
Fluxion,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Scott Walker,
Deepchord,
K-Klass,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
MDC,
ABBA,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Alison Limerick,
Nirvana,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Music Machine,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Joyce Sims,
Terrestrial Tones,
Ituana,
Accadde A,
Half Japanese,
the Association,
Kerri Chandler,
Swell Maps,
R.M.O.,
Gang Starr,
The Angels of Light,
World's Most,
Wolf Eyes,
Intrusion,
Pulsallama,
Mandrill,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk.
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.