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 Kiribati and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Jandek to the crunk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Human League. All the underground hits.
All Siglo XX tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Crooked Eye record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ten City record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Coltrane,
Ohio Players,
Toni Rubio,
Magma,
Chrome,
The Buckinghams,
These Immortal Souls,
Motorama,
Barclay James Harvest,
Black Bananas,
Lower 48,
The Remains,
Kevin Saunderson,
Janne Schatter,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Motions,
Faraquet,
Outsiders,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Letta Mbulu,
Al Stewart,
Inner City,
Electric Prunes,
Bobby Sherman,
Donny Hathaway,
Blossom Toes,
Sparks,
The Seeds,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Bobby Byrd,
Bill Wells,
Fugazi,
Spoonie Gee,
Bootsy Collins,
Theoretical Girls,
The Invisible,
John Cale,
Lalann,
the Swans,
Fat Boys,
ABC,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Grauzone,
Kerri Chandler,
Pantaleimon,
Sandy B,
Trumans Water,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Deakin,
Michelle Simonal,
Graham Central Station,
The Wake,
Blancmange,
Josef K,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Oneida,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Agitation Free,
Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators.
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.