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 Switzerland and from Manila.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Columbus.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the organ 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 Essential Logic to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 New Order. All the underground hits.
All Michelle Simonal tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Supertramp 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kas Product record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Alphaville,
Pierre Henry,
Darondo,
Joy Division,
Nik Kershaw,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Doobie Brothers,
Graham Central Station,
Toni Rubio,
Kevin Saunderson,
Crispy Ambulance,
Boogie Down Productions,
Intrusion,
Fela Kuti,
cv313,
New Age Steppers,
Stetsasonic,
Agent Orange,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Index,
The Names,
Neu!,
Black Moon,
The Move,
Flamin' Groovies,
Ohio Players,
Deepchord,
Adolescents,
Rosa Yemen,
Steve Hackett,
June of 44,
Robert Hood,
Yellowson,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Tom Boy,
Fluxion,
The Saints,
Sun Ra,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Masters at Work,
DJ Sneak,
Drexciya,
the Normal,
Hasil Adkins,
The Dead C,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Blossom Toes,
Ponytail,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Kas Product,
Chris Corsano,
Spoonie Gee,
The Wake,
Moss Icon,
Jeff Lynne,
Peter & Gordon,
Rod Modell,
Von Mondo,
Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance, Gang Gang Dance.
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.