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 Germany and from Stockholm.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Model 500 to the rap kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Goldenarms. All the underground hits.
All Basic Channel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skaos 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kas Product,
Mad Mike,
Dennis Brown,
the Swans,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Infiniti,
Supertramp,
Anakelly,
Steve Hackett,
Gerry Rafferty,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Jeff Mills,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Television Personalities,
Radiohead,
Slick Rick,
Make Up,
Half Japanese,
Kerri Chandler,
Darondo,
The Red Krayola,
Lou Christie,
Eyeless In Gaza,
8 Eyed Spy,
Ten City,
Al Stewart,
Bang On A Can,
The Residents,
The Searchers,
Scrapy,
Bizarre Inc.,
Lightning Bolt,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Cluster,
Bluetip,
Thee Headcoats,
The Modern Lovers,
Neil Young,
Godley & Creme,
Kevin Saunderson,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Sound,
Bronski Beat,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Mars,
Desert Stars,
OOIOO,
Barry Ungar,
Terrestrial Tones,
Bauhaus,
Suicide,
The Angels of Light,
the Normal,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Invisible,
Pulsallama,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
The Divine Comedy,
Lalo Schifrin,
Hashim, Hashim, Hashim, Hashim.
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.