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 India and from Tehran.
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 1962 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the mellotron 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 UT to the electroclash 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 Grey Daturas. All the underground hits.
All Rhythm & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lower 48 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Divine Comedy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ice-T,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Jesper Dahlback,
Chris & Cosey,
Roxy Music,
The Tremeloes,
Unrelated Segments,
Alphaville,
Anakelly,
Guru Guru,
Wings,
Pierre Henry,
Carl Craig,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Pagans,
Soul II Soul,
Ronnie Foster,
Fluxion,
Buzzcocks,
Blake Baxter,
Jandek,
The Buckinghams,
Kerrie Biddell,
the Slits,
Eric Dolphy,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Joensuu 1685,
Masters at Work,
Main Source,
The Count Five,
Public Image Ltd.,
John Foxx,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Pantytec,
D'Angelo,
Mr. Review,
Ultra Naté,
Peter and Kerry,
Gil Scott Heron,
Grandmaster Flash,
Throbbing Gristle,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Warsaw,
Arthur Verocai,
Brass Construction,
Quantec,
Wolf Eyes,
Young Marble Giants,
Q65,
Thompson Twins,
Hoover,
L. Decosne,
Soulsonic Force,
CMW,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Stetsasonic,
Mission of Burma,
Max Romeo,
Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts.
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.