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 Rwanda and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the marimba 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 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band to the electroclash 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 Isaac Hayes. All the underground hits.
All Lafayette Afro Rock Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Dead C record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Altered Images,
Scott Walker,
the Association,
Stetsasonic,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Ronnie Foster,
Aloha Tigers,
Terrestrial Tones,
Cal Tjader,
Eurythmics,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Negative Approach,
Smog,
Nas,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Young Rascals,
Deakin,
Henry Cow,
The Dead C,
Alison Limerick,
Harmonia,
The Human League,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
kango's stein massive,
Soulsonic Force,
Glambeats Corp.,
Howard Jones,
Janne Schatter,
Drive Like Jehu,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Index,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Lyres,
Fluxion,
Harry Pussy,
Symarip,
Matthew Halsall,
The J.B.'s,
The Cosmic Jokers,
E-Dancer,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Zero Boys,
Derrick Morgan,
T. Rex,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Easy Going,
Dave Gahan,
Derrick May,
Crash Course in Science,
Essential Logic,
One Last Wish,
Vainqueur,
Brick,
Alton Ellis,
Make Up,
Kerrie Biddell,
Leonard Cohen,
Avey Tare,
Boogie Down Productions,
David Bowie,
Gichy Dan,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine, Major Organ And The Adding Machine.
You don't know what you really want.
You don't know what you really want.
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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.