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 Iceland and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1969 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the marimba 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 Lungfish to the funk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 The Motions. All the underground hits.
All Erasure tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bobby Hutcherson 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stereo Dub record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Dave Clark Five,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Gang of Four,
The American Breed,
a-ha,
The Blues Magoos,
New Order,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Nirvana,
Guru Guru,
Sarah Menescal,
Ralphi Rosario,
Lightning Bolt,
Todd Terry,
The Divine Comedy,
Yaz,
Mad Mike,
Donald Byrd,
Country Teasers,
Kayak,
Joyce Sims,
Essential Logic,
Warsaw,
Al Stewart,
Heaven 17,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Neil Young,
The Moleskins,
The Searchers,
Warren Ellis,
Junior Murvin,
Derrick Morgan,
Spoonie Gee,
Little Man,
Man Parrish,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Gong,
Bronski Beat,
Monolake,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Sonny Sharrock,
Hardrive,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Slick Rick,
The Victims,
Flash Fearless,
Kaleidoscope,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Smiths,
Fatback Band,
Silicon Teens,
Aaron Thompson,
Fugazi,
Todd Rundgren,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Cheater Slicks,
Roxette,
Glenn Branca,
The Evens,
Marc Almond, Marc Almond, Marc Almond, Marc Almond.
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.