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 Rwanda and from Hong Kong.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Edmonton.
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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Rakim to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic. All the underground hits.
All Scientists tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Parry Music record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Happenings record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Gladiators,
the Normal,
Soul Sonic Force,
John Holt,
Jimmy McGriff,
Schoolly D,
the Association,
Stereo Dub,
June of 44,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Selecter,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Visage,
Warren Ellis,
Scrapy,
Hashim,
Japan,
Patti Smith,
Sparks,
Toni Rubio,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
June Days,
Interpol,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Malaria!,
8 Eyed Spy,
Average White Band,
Todd Terry,
Porter Ricks,
Lungfish,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Freddie Wadling,
Saccharine Trust,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
New Order,
Ituana,
Curtis Mayfield,
Reagan Youth,
Kas Product,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Matthew Halsall,
Television,
The Leaves,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Neu!,
Gang Gang Dance,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Loose Ends,
The Wake,
E-Dancer,
LL Cool J,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Smiths,
Rites of Spring,
The Fortunes,
Babytalk,
Cameo,
Eurythmics, Eurythmics, Eurythmics, Eurythmics.
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.