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 Suriname and from Tokyo.
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 1964 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 June of 44 to the punk kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Inner City. All the underground hits.
All The Star Department tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Chris & Cosey record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 sitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ossler record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Newcleus,
The Sound,
The Index,
Franke,
Simply Red,
Al Stewart,
Accadde A,
Jandek,
Colin Newman,
John Cale,
Aaron Thompson,
The Wake,
Eric Copeland,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
ABC,
Gabor Szabo,
Hot Snakes,
The Fugs,
Lebanon Hanover,
Swell Maps,
Wally Richardson,
Carl Craig,
The Tremeloes,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Tomorrow,
Ohio Players,
R.M.O.,
Ossler,
Mo-Dettes,
Scrapy,
Duran Duran,
Bush Tetras,
The Associates,
Lower 48,
The Blackbyrds,
Scan 7,
Soul II Soul,
Barrington Levy,
Neil Young,
Lou Christie,
Matthew Halsall,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Dennis Brown,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Reuben Wilson,
Panda Bear,
Patti Smith,
Eve St. Jones,
Jerry's Kids,
Half Japanese,
The Leaves,
David Axelrod,
Eric Dolphy,
Susan Cadogan,
Mary Jane Girls,
Icehouse,
Average White Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
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.