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 Guyana and from Toronto.
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 1965 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 The Birthday Party to the grime 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 Soul Sonic Force. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra Arkestra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joensuu 1685 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Zapp record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Robert Wyatt,
Spoonie Gee,
John Lydon,
Echospace,
Hot Snakes,
Sight & Sound,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Little Man,
Cybotron,
Q65,
Dorothy Ashby,
Gang Green,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Accadde A,
Drexciya,
The Durutti Column,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Whodini,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
DJ Sneak,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Joyce Sims,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Evens,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Residents,
Soul II Soul,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Al Stewart,
Delta 5,
Infiniti,
Oblivians,
The Selecter,
Joe Smooth,
Bobby Sherman,
Theoretical Girls,
Amazonics,
Slave,
Deakin,
Half Japanese,
Cal Tjader,
Supertramp,
Lindisfarne,
Popol Vuh,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Pet Shop Boys,
D'Angelo,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Star Department,
Nico,
Connie Case,
Lightning Bolt,
Bobby Womack,
Aloha Tigers,
Symarip,
Minor Threat,
Jeff Lynne,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Vainqueur,
Dark Day,
Livin' Joy,
The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground.
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.