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 Iraq and from Houston.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Quando Quango to the grunge 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Girls At Our Best! tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Delon & Dalcan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mad Mike record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dennis Brown,
Yaz,
Gang of Four,
Crooked Eye,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Rhythm & Sound,
T. Rex,
Soul Sonic Force,
Television Personalities,
Au Pairs,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Gil Scott Heron,
Soft Cell,
Maleditus Sound,
The Tremeloes,
Royal Trux,
Wally Richardson,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
LL Cool J,
The Fortunes,
Matthew Bourne,
ABBA,
Franke,
the Slits,
Jimmy McGriff,
Nirvana,
Eddi Front,
Mantronix,
Livin' Joy,
the Human League,
Interpol,
Frankie Knuckles,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Chrome,
The Busters,
Symarip,
Marcia Griffiths,
K-Klass,
Aural Exciters,
Gang Gang Dance,
Joe Smooth,
Patti Smith,
The Beau Brummels,
Bill Wells,
Bob Dylan,
Television,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Slick Rick,
Brick,
John Foxx,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Moebius,
Fear,
Animal Collective,
Kerrie Biddell,
Sun Ra,
MC5,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Black Flag, Black Flag, Black Flag, Black Flag.
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.