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 Monaco and from Madrid.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic 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 Gil Scott Heron. All the underground hits.
All Shuggie Otis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Modern Lovers 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 a marimba and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Boz Scaggs,
Maleditus Sound,
Yazoo,
The Seeds,
Arcadia,
Pantaleimon,
Joe Smooth,
kango's stein massive,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
James White and The Blacks,
Archie Shepp,
Amon Düül II,
Gabor Szabo,
Quando Quango,
JFA,
Television Personalities,
Terry Callier,
Echospace,
The Associates,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Section 25,
Carl Craig,
Kerrie Biddell,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Kevin Saunderson,
Bush Tetras,
Monks,
Ralphi Rosario,
Mary Jane Girls,
Harmonia,
Donny Hathaway,
Susan Cadogan,
Nico,
The Moleskins,
48th St. Collective,
Magma,
Blake Baxter,
Anakelly,
Chris Corsano,
Black Moon,
Aural Exciters,
Ornette Coleman,
Marvin Gaye,
Moby Grape,
Soulsonic Force,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Stiv Bators,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Ituana,
Pole,
Agent Orange,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Grandmaster Flash,
Brothers Johnson,
DJ Sneak,
a-ha,
Joyce Sims,
Scientists,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Grass Roots,
Bootsy Collins,
Monolake,
Adolescents,
The Doors, The Doors, The Doors, The Doors.
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.