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 Congo and from Glasgow.
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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Madrid.
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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the organ 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 June Days to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Minny Pops. All the underground hits.
All Susan Cadogan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minny Pops record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Terrestrial Tones record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nik Kershaw,
Cal Tjader,
Marvin Gaye,
Infiniti,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Altered Images,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Soul Sonic Force,
Kas Product,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Youth Brigade,
The Slackers,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Walker Brothers,
X-Ray Spex,
Groovy Waters,
Rotary Connection,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Derrick Morgan,
Cluster,
Grandmaster Flash,
Black Sheep,
Deakin,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Mr. Review,
Godley & Creme,
Scion,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
John Cale,
Kenny Larkin,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Saints,
Stetsasonic,
David Axelrod,
Dual Sessions,
Lyres,
Subhumans,
Byron Stingily,
Joe Finger,
Pantaleimon,
Rites of Spring,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Mandrill,
Judy Mowatt,
Grey Daturas,
Aloha Tigers,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Young Rascals,
Spandau Ballet,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
E-Dancer,
Ten City,
Michelle Simonal,
OOIOO,
The Gories,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Alton Ellis,
Von Mondo,
Gang Gang Dance,
Dorothy Ashby,
Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica, Lou Reed & Metallica.
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.