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 Oman and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Sparks to the techno kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Gregory Isaacs. All the underground hits.
All John Cale tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cal Tjader record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Simply Red record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dual Sessions,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Quando Quango,
Monolake,
Ludus,
Average White Band,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Faust,
Television Personalities,
Stereo Dub,
Ossler,
Minutemen,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
the Germs,
Arcadia,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Motions,
Hashim,
Niagra,
Audionom,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Massinfluence,
Kayak,
Piero Umiliani,
Goldenarms,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Glambeats Corp.,
Quantec,
The Fortunes,
Pole,
The Electric Prunes,
Hasil Adkins,
The Monks,
Inner City,
Gang of Four,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
New York Dolls,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Judy Mowatt,
Spoonie Gee,
Agitation Free,
Mantronix,
Johnny Clarke,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Dead Boys,
Vainqueur,
Gang Green,
Lebanon Hanover,
Echospace,
The Durutti Column,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Golliwogs,
Index,
Moby Grape,
Zero Boys,
Underground Resistance,
Eric Copeland,
Blake Baxter,
Todd Rundgren,
Neil Young,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
June Days,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.