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 Zambia and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Skarface to the funk 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 Kerri Chandler. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Sherman tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Absolute Body Control record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Byrd 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?
Janne Schatter,
June of 44,
Neil Young,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Robert Görl,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Metal Thangz,
Model 500,
Massinfluence,
Aaron Thompson,
Kool Moe Dee,
Arthur Verocai,
Eden Ahbez,
Goldenarms,
Soul II Soul,
Heaven 17,
Dennis Brown,
Fad Gadget,
10cc,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Pharoah Sanders,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Arcadia,
Alice Coltrane,
Ronan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
A Certain Ratio,
Lou Christie,
David Bowie,
The Kinks,
The Divine Comedy,
Soul Sonic Force,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Peter and Kerry,
The Move,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Kurtis Blow,
X-101,
Maurizio,
The Blackbyrds,
Thee Headcoats,
The Cure,
Quantec,
Jesper Dahlback,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Pylon,
Qualms,
Deakin,
Dark Day,
Newcleus,
The Grass Roots,
Malaria!,
New York Dolls,
Magma,
Patti Smith,
Stereo Dub,
Surgeon,
Amon Düül II,
Stetsasonic,
Quadrant,
Agitation Free,
The Associates, The Associates, The Associates, The Associates.
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.