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 Senegal and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 The Gap Band to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Amon Düül. All the underground hits.
All The Associates tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Misunderstood record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ralphi Rosario,
The Flesh Eaters,
Excepter,
Andrew Hill,
Peter and Kerry,
Porter Ricks,
Soft Machine,
Can,
World's Most,
China Crisis,
Wire,
Yaz,
Loose Ends,
Rakim,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
the Human League,
Girls At Our Best!,
Derrick Morgan,
The Grass Roots,
Agitation Free,
Ten City,
Yellowson,
Flash Fearless,
The Dave Clark Five,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
The Move,
Arab on Radar,
New Age Steppers,
Howard Jones,
Delon & Dalcan,
Scion,
The Buckinghams,
Pole,
Q65,
the Normal,
Robert Görl,
Stiv Bators,
Slave,
Nation of Ulysses,
8 Eyed Spy,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Tears for Fears,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Fuzztones,
The Birthday Party,
Public Image Ltd.,
Anakelly,
Rufus Thomas,
Pagans,
Icehouse,
Visage,
Stereo Dub,
Grey Daturas,
AZ,
Alton Ellis,
Steve Hackett,
Los Fastidios,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Mad Mike,
kango's stein massive,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.
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.