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 Macedonia and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the theremin 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 Simply Red 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 Con Funk Shun. All the underground hits.
All Qualms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Adolescents 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joe Smooth record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Soft Cell,
Fela Kuti,
T.S.O.L.,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
JFA,
DJ Sneak,
Maurizio,
Alphaville,
Visage,
The Fuzztones,
Peter & Gordon,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Eli Mardock,
Johnny Clarke,
The Young Rascals,
Pantytec,
Gang Gang Dance,
Nick Fraelich,
EPMD,
Anakelly,
Funky Four + One,
Nation of Ulysses,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Wake,
The Happenings,
The Pretty Things,
Nils Olav,
Boredoms,
Barbara Tucker,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Vogues,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Peter and Kerry,
Pet Shop Boys,
Minnie Riperton,
Zero Boys,
Brass Construction,
Ken Boothe,
Mission of Burma,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Lindisfarne,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Camouflage,
The Dirtbombs,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Porter Ricks,
Moss Icon,
Sonic Youth,
Simply Red,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Dave Clark Five,
Wally Richardson,
Radiohead,
Man Eating Sloth,
Skaos,
Black Pus,
The Gladiators,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Fat Boys,
The Alarm Clocks,
Gang Starr,
Roxette,
La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf, La Düsseldorf.
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.