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 Mauritius and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Alice Coltrane to the dance 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 Half Japanese. All the underground hits.
All Crispy Ambulance tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Maleditus Sound 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lower 48 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dennis Brown,
Little Man,
Schoolly D,
Sandy B,
Wings,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Absolute Body Control,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Siglo XX,
Glenn Branca,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Oblivians,
Howard Jones,
Metal Thangz,
Marshall Jefferson,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Blues Magoos,
Anthony Braxton,
Cameo,
Popol Vuh,
Graham Central Station,
Oneida,
Technova,
The Zeros,
Yazoo,
Surgeon,
Motorama,
Eric Copeland,
Bobby Sherman,
Dave Gahan,
Skaos,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Mark Hollis,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Crispian St. Peters,
Nico,
Japan,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Pretty Things,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Wire,
Mandrill,
The Flesh Eaters,
Trumans Water,
Dawn Penn,
Ossler,
Junior Murvin,
The Doors,
the Normal,
Steve Hackett,
Reuben Wilson,
The Gories,
Gang Green,
The Mojo Men,
D'Angelo,
Audionom,
Eyeless In Gaza,
These Immortal Souls,
Kenny Larkin, Kenny Larkin, Kenny Larkin, Kenny Larkin.
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.