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 Spain and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Tommy Roe to the grunge kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Stetsasonic. All the underground hits.
All Danielle Patucci tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Susan Cadogan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Blackbyrds,
Marc Almond,
Au Pairs,
Joyce Sims,
Royal Trux,
the Association,
Glenn Branca,
The Divine Comedy,
Hot Snakes,
The Tremeloes,
The Mojo Men,
Pussy Galore,
Easy Going,
David Bowie,
Black Moon,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Funky Four + One,
Can,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Cameo,
Newcleus,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Harmonia,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Seeds,
Rhythm & Sound,
Laurel Aitken,
New York Dolls,
Soul Sonic Force,
Ultravox,
Todd Rundgren,
Bang On A Can,
10cc,
Joe Smooth,
Deadbeat,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Lucky Dragons,
The Residents,
Althea and Donna,
Yaz,
Negative Approach,
New Order,
Rapeman,
Kas Product,
Bob Dylan,
the Human League,
Model 500,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Velvet Underground,
Swell Maps,
The Slits,
Piero Umiliani,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Bobby Womack,
cv313,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Rekid,
the Soft Cell,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Sonics,
Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti.
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.