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 Slovenia and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the sitar 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 China Crisis to the funk 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 Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan. All the underground hits.
All Amon Düül II tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sunsets and Hearts 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lou Reed & John Cale record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Au Pairs,
Underground Resistance,
New Order,
Arcadia,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Durutti Column,
Loose Ends,
Mandrill,
The Standells,
Black Flag,
Mark Hollis,
Eric Copeland,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Camouflage,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Marshall Jefferson,
Half Japanese,
Procol Harum,
Bobby Womack,
Michelle Simonal,
Black Pus,
Ossler,
The Selecter,
Tears for Fears,
Das Ding,
Suicide,
Don Cherry,
Kurtis Blow,
The Vogues,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Gerry Rafferty,
One Last Wish,
Khruangbin,
Joyce Sims,
Joy Division,
Ronan,
Bill Wells,
The Five Americans,
Easy Going,
Pierre Henry,
Deadbeat,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Accadde A,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Bobby Sherman,
Ornette Coleman,
The Music Machine,
Slick Rick,
Ohio Players,
Letta Mbulu,
Grauzone,
The Trojans,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Slackers,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Searchers,
Scratch Acid,
Stetsasonic,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Fela Kuti,
New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls, New York Dolls.
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.