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 Peru and from Philadelphia.
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 1961 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Blackbyrds to the grime 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 Justin Hinds & The Dominoes. All the underground hits.
All Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Pop Group record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a D'Angelo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dave Gahan,
Gastr Del Sol,
Quadrant,
Camberwell Now,
Scrapy,
the Soft Cell,
The Tremeloes,
Blossom Toes,
Shuggie Otis,
Nas,
Livin' Joy,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Outsiders,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Fear,
Soft Machine,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Minny Pops,
Mary Jane Girls,
Cluster,
Ohio Players,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Icehouse,
FM Einheit,
Archie Shepp,
Tom Boy,
The Seeds,
X-Ray Spex,
Sound Behaviour,
Bluetip,
Little Man,
One Last Wish,
Mark Hollis,
The Sound,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Thee Headcoats,
Joy Division,
Lebanon Hanover,
Andrew Hill,
Boredoms,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Sonic Youth,
Glambeats Corp.,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Trumans Water,
Barrington Levy,
Eddi Front,
Funkadelic,
Moby Grape,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Residents,
Kurtis Blow,
Scan 7,
Nik Kershaw,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Talk Talk,
The Remains,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
ABBA,
Siglo XX,
Judy Mowatt,
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.