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 Russia and from Delhi.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the theremin 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 Hardrive to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Animal Collective. All the underground hits.
All Sound Behaviour tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Grauzone record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rotary Connection record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nas,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Kinks,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Kaleidoscope,
Skarface,
Parry Music,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Frankie Knuckles,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
the Sonics,
DJ Sneak,
Scion,
Cal Tjader,
The United States of America,
Suburban Knight,
Cybotron,
Dawn Penn,
Popol Vuh,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Ralphi Rosario,
KRS-One,
DNA,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Offenders,
Godley & Creme,
Throbbing Gristle,
Cluster,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Janne Schatter,
The Dirtbombs,
MDC,
Sandy B,
Kerri Chandler,
Organ,
New Order,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Qualms,
Quadrant,
Soul Sonic Force,
Rufus Thomas,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Michelle Simonal,
One Last Wish,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Motions,
Stereo Dub,
Nik Kershaw,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Matthew Bourne,
Gang Starr,
Gichy Dan,
The Sound,
Chris & Cosey,
Silicon Teens,
Niagra,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Barclay James Harvest,
Byron Stingily, Byron Stingily, Byron Stingily, Byron Stingily.
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.