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 Austria and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 DeepChord presents Echospace to the punk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Khruangbin. All the underground hits.
All Zapp tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Fuzztones 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Sisters of Mercy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Underground Resistance,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
the Slits,
Jeff Lynne,
Soulsonic Force,
The Angels of Light,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Ralphi Rosario,
Massinfluence,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Sun City Girls,
The Electric Prunes,
Byron Stingily,
Brick,
Infiniti,
Toni Rubio,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Neon Judgement,
Arthur Verocai,
Black Bananas,
Cheater Slicks,
10cc,
Nico,
Second Layer,
the Germs,
Fugazi,
World's Most,
Iggy Pop,
Rod Modell,
Tom Boy,
Joe Smooth,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Qualms,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Bronski Beat,
Rotary Connection,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Danielle Patucci,
Swell Maps,
Panda Bear,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Skriet,
Grauzone,
Blancmange,
Sparks,
The Sonics,
Franke,
The Smiths,
Nas,
Scratch Acid,
Oneida,
Livin' Joy,
Ornette Coleman,
L. Decosne,
Avey Tare,
Stereo Dub,
cv313,
The Slackers,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Shadows of Knight, The Shadows of Knight, The Shadows of Knight, The Shadows of Knight.
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.