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 Finland and from Lille.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Wire to the grunge 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 Faraquet. All the underground hits.
All Girls At Our Best! tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Oppenheimer Analysis record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 harpsichord and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jesper Dahlbäck record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eric Dolphy,
Chris & Cosey,
The Golliwogs,
Quantec,
Black Bananas,
Public Image Ltd.,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Roxette,
Scan 7,
The Gladiators,
Basic Channel,
Ultra Naté,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Jandek,
10cc,
Piero Umiliani,
Echospace,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Techniques,
Organ,
Soft Cell,
The Birthday Party,
Bobby Womack,
Jeff Lynne,
Todd Terry,
Scott Walker,
Gang of Four,
China Crisis,
The American Breed,
Cameo,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Reuben Wilson,
Easy Going,
The Slackers,
Ludus,
Susan Cadogan,
Mad Mike,
Matthew Halsall,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Toni Rubio,
The Toasters,
The Vogues,
Roger Hodgson,
Livin' Joy,
Hardrive,
The Modern Lovers,
June of 44,
Television,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pantaleimon,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Carl Craig,
Tom Boy,
Bootsy Collins,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Tres Demented,
This Heat,
Negative Approach,
Traffic Nightmare, Traffic Nightmare, Traffic Nightmare, Traffic Nightmare.
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.