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 Spain and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 Lagos and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 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 Fugazi to the rap 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 Roxette. All the underground hits.
All OOIOO tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Monolake record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 marimba and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a A Flock of Seagulls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Moby Grape,
The Gories,
Wasted Youth,
Q65,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Happenings,
Boredoms,
Derrick Morgan,
Ossler,
Max Romeo,
Maurizio,
Arthur Verocai,
Connie Case,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Derrick May,
Bronski Beat,
Fatback Band,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Mark Hollis,
The Doors,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Freddie Wadling,
Bill Wells,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Neon Judgement,
Jacques Brel,
The Fuzztones,
Gil Scott Heron,
June Days,
Altered Images,
Hashim,
the Germs,
The Standells,
Babytalk,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Electric Prunes,
Deepchord,
Banda Bassotti,
E-Dancer,
Gichy Dan,
ABBA,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
CMW,
LL Cool J,
Barrington Levy,
Wally Richardson,
Blake Baxter,
The Raincoats,
Alphaville,
Radiohead,
Laurel Aitken,
Howard Jones,
Goldenarms,
Jeru the Damaja,
Second Layer,
Donny Hathaway,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Flamin' Groovies,
Sight & Sound,
Todd Rundgren,
Wire,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.