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 Laos and from Madrid.
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 1966 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Alphaville to the dance kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Harpers Bizarre. All the underground hits.
All Kayak tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kas Product record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Siglo XX record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Schoolly D,
Grauzone,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Joensuu 1685,
Kerri Chandler,
the Fania All-Stars,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Ohio Players,
Byron Stingily,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Sixth Finger,
Heaven 17,
Silicon Teens,
Country Teasers,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Gap Band,
Black Sheep,
Crooked Eye,
MC5,
Soulsonic Force,
The Slackers,
Pharoah Sanders,
The J.B.'s,
The Associates,
The Fortunes,
Hasil Adkins,
Model 500,
Tom Boy,
Marvin Gaye,
Dave Gahan,
Tommy Roe,
Main Source,
The Beau Brummels,
Pierre Henry,
The Gories,
Pantytec,
Alphaville,
cv313,
JFA,
Pet Shop Boys,
Sun City Girls,
Japan,
Yazoo,
The Divine Comedy,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Pylon,
ABC,
Chris & Cosey,
Cymande,
Amon Düül II,
Drexciya,
The Slits,
Bill Near,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Boredoms,
Siglo XX,
Joe Finger,
The Sound,
Gil Scott Heron,
Symarip, Symarip, Symarip, Symarip.
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.