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 Bahrain and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1967 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the snare 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 Motorama to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 David Axelrod. All the underground hits.
All Electric Light Orchestra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Godley & Creme record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Altered Images,
Siglo XX,
X-Ray Spex,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Nils Olav,
Eve St. Jones,
Rapeman,
Radiopuhelimet,
Subhumans,
Nirvana,
Lee Hazlewood,
Nico,
Eddi Front,
The Litter,
Gang Green,
Joey Negro,
DJ Sneak,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Cowsills,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Silicon Teens,
Judy Mowatt,
Ultimate Spinach,
Yellowson,
Bad Manners,
Piero Umiliani,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Guru Guru,
Lou Reed,
New Order,
The Buckinghams,
The Techniques,
Au Pairs,
Pole,
Minny Pops,
Cluster,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Moleskins,
The Standells,
Nick Fraelich,
Absolute Body Control,
The Knickerbockers,
the Slits,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Skriet,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Albert Ayler,
Pantaleimon,
Ludus,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lalann,
A Certain Ratio,
Liliput,
Qualms,
Khruangbin,
Robert Wyatt,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Eurythmics,
Marine Girls,
Vladislav Delay,
The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party, The Birthday Party.
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.