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 Poland and from Mexico City.
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 1968 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Whodini to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Vainqueur. All the underground hits.
All Man Parrish tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 an oboe and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a La Düsseldorf record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Main Source,
H. Thieme,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
the Normal,
Popol Vuh,
Soul II Soul,
the Association,
Bobby Womack,
Letta Mbulu,
Soft Cell,
The Mojo Men,
DNA,
Public Image Ltd.,
Con Funk Shun,
John Foxx,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Maleditus Sound,
Peter and Kerry,
Black Moon,
ABC,
The Five Americans,
Mo-Dettes,
The Busters,
Girls At Our Best!,
Magma,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Carl Craig,
Joensuu 1685,
Loose Ends,
The Barracudas,
Yazoo,
Robert Wyatt,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Q and Not U,
Intrusion,
the Soft Cell,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
T. Rex,
Darondo,
Minnie Riperton,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Radio Birdman,
Guru Guru,
B.T. Express,
Junior Murvin,
Frankie Knuckles,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Count Five,
Joe Finger,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Marcia Griffiths,
Barry Ungar,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Sister Nancy,
Hasil Adkins,
David McCallum,
Brick,
Anakelly,
Warren Ellis,
Avey Tare, Avey Tare, Avey Tare, Avey Tare.
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.