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 Philippines and from Mumbai.
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 1960 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Columbus.
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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the 808 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 The Smiths to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Ultramagnetic MC's. All the underground hits.
All Gang of Four tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sonic Youth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 an arpeggiator and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Duran Duran record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
David Bowie,
The American Breed,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Sun City Girls,
Blancmange,
Bluetip,
Lyres,
Negative Approach,
Henry Cow,
Second Layer,
Piero Umiliani,
The Zeros,
Sällskapet,
Darondo,
Aaron Thompson,
The Misunderstood,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Jeff Mills,
Gerry Rafferty,
Graham Central Station,
Albert Ayler,
Rhythm & Sound,
Godley & Creme,
Byron Stingily,
Duran Duran,
The New Christs,
Barrington Levy,
Von Mondo,
Michelle Simonal,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Altered Images,
The Dead C,
The Flesh Eaters,
Deepchord,
Lower 48,
Joey Negro,
Erykah Badu,
Scrapy,
Big Daddy Kane,
Deadbeat,
Kerrie Biddell,
Panda Bear,
Amon Düül,
Lou Reed,
Japan,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Slits,
Mandrill,
The Smiths,
Icehouse,
Pylon,
Chris & Cosey,
Gang Gang Dance,
Skarface,
Avey Tare,
The Durutti Column,
Rites of Spring,
Silicon Teens,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Sun Ra,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson.
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.