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 United Kingdom and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1962 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Eurythmics to the punk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Judy Mowatt. All the underground hits.
All London Community Gospel Choir tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Red Lorry Yellow Lorry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Chris Corsano record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Barrington Levy,
Adolescents,
Funky Four + One,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Skaos,
Hasil Adkins,
Pylon,
Joy Division,
the Sonics,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Bauhaus,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Henry Cow,
Amon Düül II,
Chris & Cosey,
the Association,
Eurythmics,
Gang of Four,
The Pretty Things,
Nico,
B.T. Express,
Oblivians,
Davy DMX,
Dual Sessions,
the Swans,
Kayak,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Gladiators,
The American Breed,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
DJ Sneak,
8 Eyed Spy,
Reuben Wilson,
Pet Shop Boys,
kango's stein massive,
Maleditus Sound,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Dave Clark Five,
Rod Modell,
Negative Approach,
Todd Terry,
Lou Christie,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Eden Ahbez,
Lightning Bolt,
Michelle Simonal,
Wings,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Faust,
Urselle,
James White and The Blacks,
The Angels of Light,
Donny Hathaway,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Star Department,
The Saints,
Livin' Joy,
The Moody Blues,
Graham Central Station,
F. McDonald,
The Moleskins, The Moleskins, The Moleskins, The Moleskins.
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.