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 Gambia and from Seoul.
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 1966 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the marimba 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 Flamin' Groovies to the techno kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Oneida. All the underground hits.
All Agitation Free tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pantytec record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Rhythm & Sound,
Fad Gadget,
Surgeon,
cv313,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Offenders,
Barry Ungar,
Amon Düül,
Negative Approach,
The Birthday Party,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Human League,
The Electric Prunes,
Dave Gahan,
Idris Muhammad,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Fluxion,
Loose Ends,
Spoonie Gee,
Mark Hollis,
Jawbox,
Infiniti,
Funky Four + One,
Tommy Roe,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Sparks,
John Lydon,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Durutti Column,
UT,
Japan,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Cure,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The J.B.'s,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Peter & Gordon,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Skatalites,
ABC,
New Order,
Scratch Acid,
the Human League,
The Pretty Things,
Ituana,
Mad Mike,
X-Ray Spex,
The Blues Magoos,
Dawn Penn,
The Monks,
Pharoah Sanders,
Godley & Creme,
Lower 48,
Boogie Down Productions,
Accadde A,
Livin' Joy,
Qualms, Qualms, Qualms, Qualms.
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.