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 Tuvalu and from Woodstock.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Bronski Beat to the crunk 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 Audionom. All the underground hits.
All Cybotron tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ultra Naté 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ultramagnetic MC's record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Susan Cadogan,
Suburban Knight,
Letta Mbulu,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Neon Judgement,
Aloha Tigers,
In Retrospect,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Davy DMX,
Joe Smooth,
Adolescents,
Newcleus,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Steve Hackett,
Grey Daturas,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Young Rascals,
Marc Almond,
Procol Harum,
Warren Ellis,
Glambeats Corp.,
Jeff Lynne,
Panda Bear,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Junior Murvin,
Flamin' Groovies,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Crispy Ambulance,
Fat Boys,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Alton Ellis,
Delon & Dalcan,
Gerry Rafferty,
Gastr Del Sol,
Kurtis Blow,
Rakim,
Kenny Larkin,
Symarip,
The Slackers,
Marmalade,
Skarface,
Pierre Henry,
The Mummies,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Minor Threat,
The Dirtbombs,
ABC,
Brick,
L. Decosne,
Absolute Body Control,
Judy Mowatt,
the Soft Cell,
The Human League,
Johnny Clarke,
Don Cherry,
Thee Headcoats,
Pantaleimon,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Residents,
The Angels of Light,
The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground.
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.