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 Portugal and from London.
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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 The Young Rascals to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Joe Smooth. All the underground hits.
All Joyce Sims tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every David Axelrod record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Music Machine record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Scott Walker,
Rhythm & Sound,
Q65,
Bobby Womack,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
X-102,
Tears for Fears,
Jeru the Damaja,
Panda Bear,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Danielle Patucci,
Groovy Waters,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Gang Gang Dance,
Drive Like Jehu,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Skriet,
Alison Limerick,
Neu!,
Clear Light,
Alice Coltrane,
The Happenings,
Kayak,
48th St. Collective,
Fugazi,
PIL,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Nation of Ulysses,
Ice-T,
The Golliwogs,
Boredoms,
The Selecter,
Quantec,
Amazonics,
Scratch Acid,
Minnie Riperton,
MDC,
Pagans,
Funky Four + One,
Althea and Donna,
Make Up,
David Axelrod,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Ponytail,
E-Dancer,
ABBA,
Joy Division,
The Mummies,
Animal Collective,
Delta 5,
R.M.O.,
Eric B and Rakim,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Wally Richardson,
Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye.
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.