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 Egypt and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Section 25 to the rock 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 Grey Daturas. All the underground hits.
All The Leaves tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mighty Diamonds 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a DNA record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Electric Light Orchestra,
Guru Guru,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Derrick Morgan,
Archie Shepp,
The Move,
Ituana,
Panda Bear,
Marc Almond,
Q and Not U,
Robert Hood,
Tears for Fears,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Goldenarms,
Josef K,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Stiv Bators,
8 Eyed Spy,
Reagan Youth,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Average White Band,
The Techniques,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Suburban Knight,
Von Mondo,
Chrome,
Yellowson,
Sarah Menescal,
Piero Umiliani,
Boredoms,
The Gories,
Patti Smith,
Main Source,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Big Daddy Kane,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Liliput,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Japan,
The Human League,
Television,
China Crisis,
Television Personalities,
Blossom Toes,
Stetsasonic,
X-101,
Warsaw,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Rites of Spring,
Magma,
Sun Ra,
Agent Orange,
Ornette Coleman,
X-Ray Spex,
The Moleskins,
Terry Callier,
Rekid,
Motorama,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
FM Einheit,
The Sound,
The Pretty Things,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.