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 Tanzania and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 The Happenings to the funk 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 Carl Craig. All the underground hits.
All L. Decosne tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lou Christie 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Japan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Mighty Diamonds,
Absolute Body Control,
Stiv Bators,
Moby Grape,
Underground Resistance,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Yusef Lateef,
Tim Buckley,
Hardrive,
Leonard Cohen,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
D'Angelo,
Ponytail,
Sam Rivers,
Nico,
Big Daddy Kane,
L. Decosne,
Banda Bassotti,
Soulsonic Force,
Joy Division,
The Tremeloes,
Joe Smooth,
Cal Tjader,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Ultra Naté,
Michelle Simonal,
Zero Boys,
Deadbeat,
Althea and Donna,
Lightning Bolt,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Glambeats Corp.,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Doobie Brothers,
Letta Mbulu,
Animal Collective,
Barclay James Harvest,
Metal Thangz,
Joensuu 1685,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Circle Jerks,
The Barracudas,
One Last Wish,
Guru Guru,
Mark Hollis,
Andrew Hill,
Sexual Harrassment,
Clear Light,
Kenny Larkin,
Motorama,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Moody Blues,
Deepchord,
June of 44,
Joey Negro,
CMW,
The Mojo Men,
Scan 7,
Royal Trux, Royal Trux, Royal Trux, Royal Trux.
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.