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 Zimbabwe and from Taipei.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Organ to the dance kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Cymande. All the underground hits.
All The Cure tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Rod Modell record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Moebius record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Con Funk Shun,
Swell Maps,
Lindisfarne,
Funky Four + One,
Zapp,
Young Marble Giants,
Nirvana,
Amon Düül,
Organ,
Half Japanese,
Blossom Toes,
Adolescents,
Lakeside,
Main Source,
Bob Dylan,
Peter & Gordon,
Steve Hackett,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Harmonia,
The Seeds,
The Residents,
The Gories,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Kenny Larkin,
Gang Green,
Ludus,
Danielle Patucci,
This Heat,
Piero Umiliani,
Saccharine Trust,
Icehouse,
Scientists,
Khruangbin,
Grauzone,
Liliput,
Magma,
Reuben Wilson,
Eric Copeland,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Aaron Thompson,
Jandek,
Chris & Cosey,
Make Up,
Don Cherry,
Moss Icon,
PIL,
Loose Ends,
10cc,
Joe Smooth,
48th St. Collective,
Cal Tjader,
MDC,
Tommy Roe,
Mo-Dettes,
8 Eyed Spy,
X-102,
Neu!,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Blake Baxter,
Brand Nubian,
The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals, The Young Rascals.
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.