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 Bulgaria and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Absolute Body Control to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Rekid. All the underground hits.
All Public Enemy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scrapy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Leaves record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Reuben Wilson,
Prince Buster,
Neu!,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Peter and Kerry,
Pere Ubu,
Moebius,
Amon Düül II,
The Index,
Mandrill,
Bizarre Inc.,
Tears for Fears,
Desert Stars,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Music Machine,
Hasil Adkins,
The Gladiators,
Neil Young,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Andrew Hill,
Nico,
Public Enemy,
8 Eyed Spy,
Outsiders,
Ronan,
World's Most,
Lalo Schifrin,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
The Motions,
The Five Americans,
Rotary Connection,
cv313,
Average White Band,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Model 500,
The Red Krayola,
The American Breed,
T. Rex,
Lalann,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Archie Shepp,
John Foxx,
Rod Modell,
Donald Byrd,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Massinfluence,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Kinks,
The Dead C,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Joe Finger,
Infiniti,
Nirvana,
The Busters,
Animal Collective,
Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones, Terrestrial Tones.
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.