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 Taiwan and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1969 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 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 Siglo XX to the disco 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 Procol Harum. All the underground hits.
All Pet Shop Boys tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every David Axelrod record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chris & Cosey record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Japan,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Deakin,
Tubeway Army,
The Blues Magoos,
the Association,
Gabor Szabo,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Alison Limerick,
Kaleidoscope,
Neu!,
Cluster,
Altered Images,
Banda Bassotti,
Iggy Pop,
Make Up,
Gang Gang Dance,
Zapp,
FM Einheit,
Pantaleimon,
The Mojo Men,
Mary Jane Girls,
The Fugs,
Ken Boothe,
Sixth Finger,
Bobby Byrd,
Agent Orange,
New Order,
Audionom,
The Zeros,
The Knickerbockers,
Joey Negro,
Sparks,
Mo-Dettes,
DJ Style,
Roxy Music,
Warren Ellis,
Lower 48,
Moebius,
Wolf Eyes,
Patti Smith,
Nation of Ulysses,
Con Funk Shun,
Ice-T,
David Bowie,
Barrington Levy,
The Offenders,
Average White Band,
Dual Sessions,
The Toasters,
Flamin' Groovies,
Idris Muhammad,
Joensuu 1685,
Sonny Sharrock,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Neil Young,
Loose Ends,
Ohio Players,
Arab on Radar,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Aswad,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo, Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo, Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo, Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo.
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.