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 Burundi and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1969 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Joe Finger to the dance 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 Manfred Mann's Earth Band. All the underground hits.
All JFA tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 clarinet and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tom Boy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bootsy Collins,
Ronan,
Stereo Dub,
James White and The Blacks,
Cybotron,
Smog,
The American Breed,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
the Human League,
T.S.O.L.,
Talk Talk,
DJ Sneak,
Niagra,
Hasil Adkins,
Mad Mike,
Rod Modell,
Supertramp,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Tropical Tobacco,
Con Funk Shun,
Swans,
Public Enemy,
Lyres,
Ronnie Foster,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Symarip,
Kas Product,
Mo-Dettes,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Tom Boy,
Blancmange,
The Gories,
The Monks,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Cheater Slicks,
Echospace,
Marcia Griffiths,
Animal Collective,
Kevin Saunderson,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Oneida,
Loose Ends,
The Misunderstood,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Urselle,
Minutemen,
The Mojo Men,
The Barracudas,
The Divine Comedy,
Kerrie Biddell,
Davy DMX,
Fear,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Young Rascals,
Minnie Riperton,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Oblivians,
The Alarm Clocks,
the Sonics,
Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5.
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.