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 Suriname and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Glasgow.
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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Subhumans to the dance kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Intrusion. All the underground hits.
All Qualms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every L. Decosne 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Matthew Bourne record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roxy Music,
Crash Course in Science,
Maurizio,
Rhythm & Sound,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Unrelated Segments,
Pharoah Sanders,
Deadbeat,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Moby Grape,
The Neon Judgement,
Crispy Ambulance,
Porter Ricks,
Sällskapet,
E-Dancer,
Sonic Youth,
Minny Pops,
Absolute Body Control,
Jawbox,
Roger Hodgson,
Juan Atkins,
10cc,
Sugar Minott,
Brand Nubian,
Niagra,
Derrick Morgan,
Buzzcocks,
Archie Shepp,
Section 25,
Pylon,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Peter & Gordon,
The Fortunes,
CMW,
Lebanon Hanover,
the Association,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Faust,
Icehouse,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Wake,
Severed Heads,
Pere Ubu,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Mad Mike,
Junior Murvin,
Barclay James Harvest,
Neil Young,
Interpol,
The Birthday Party,
Fat Boys,
The Pretty Things,
Laurel Aitken,
Iggy Pop,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Cymande,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Swans,
Roy Ayers,
John Foxx,
The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy, The Divine Comedy.
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.