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 Madagascar and from Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
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 Pole to the disco kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Accadde A. All the underground hits.
All Adolescents tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Zero Boys record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 chamberlin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Talk Talk record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Walker Brothers,
The Wake,
The Invisible,
Eric B and Rakim,
Soul II Soul,
Tommy Roe,
The Birthday Party,
Easy Going,
Ralphi Rosario,
Derrick Morgan,
Fluxion,
Matthew Halsall,
Hasil Adkins,
Liliput,
Bill Near,
Lakeside,
Pierre Henry,
Darondo,
Harmonia,
the Human League,
CMW,
Clear Light,
Nirvana,
Parry Music,
La Düsseldorf,
Althea and Donna,
Fear,
Zapp,
Main Source,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Music Machine,
Minutemen,
Spandau Ballet,
Gabor Szabo,
Moebius,
Rapeman,
Scientists,
Severed Heads,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Kas Product,
Schoolly D,
Thee Headcoats,
Lalann,
The Kinks,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Durutti Column,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Unwound,
Boredoms,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Crash Course in Science,
the Association,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Funky Four + One,
Stereo Dub,
Groovy Waters,
Gichy Dan, Gichy Dan, Gichy Dan, Gichy Dan.
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.