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 Congo and from Portland.
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 1966 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Can to the rock kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Lebanon Hanover. All the underground hits.
All Organ tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every OOIOO record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a U.S. Maple record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Aloha Tigers,
Tom Boy,
The Detroit Cobras,
Gregory Isaacs,
Maurizio,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Yellowson,
Hasil Adkins,
The Associates,
Blancmange,
The Standells,
The Dirtbombs,
Erykah Badu,
Second Layer,
Reuben Wilson,
Symarip,
The Real Kids,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
The Sonics,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Crime,
The Cowsills,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Sugar Minott,
Deepchord,
Hardrive,
Young Marble Giants,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Happenings,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Man Parrish,
Gang of Four,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Mo-Dettes,
Jandek,
Sarah Menescal,
Soft Cell,
Skaos,
Jawbox,
David McCallum,
Crash Course in Science,
Icehouse,
K-Klass,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Theoretical Girls,
The Divine Comedy,
Whodini,
Rhythm & Sound,
EPMD,
Qualms,
Guru Guru,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Mojo Men,
Unwound,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Rapeman,
The Walker Brothers,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.