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 Solomon Islands and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise 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 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Niagra to the punk 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 The Mighty Diamonds. All the underground hits.
All Rapeman tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agent Orange record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minor Threat 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?
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Infiniti,
Symarip,
Alison Limerick,
Hardrive,
Michelle Simonal,
Au Pairs,
The Misunderstood,
Marvin Gaye,
Niagra,
The Index,
Godley & Creme,
Pere Ubu,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
B.T. Express,
Gong,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Juan Atkins,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Moleskins,
Negative Approach,
Wings,
Althea and Donna,
Steve Hackett,
Fatback Band,
Stockholm Monsters,
Siglo XX,
Jeff Lynne,
Urselle,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Kinks,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
FM Einheit,
Dual Sessions,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Gap Band,
Crispian St. Peters,
Eric Copeland,
Max Romeo,
DNA,
The Victims,
Hasil Adkins,
Toni Rubio,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Bill Near,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Con Funk Shun,
Mantronix,
Minutemen,
Freddie Wadling,
Joe Finger,
Graham Central Station,
Youth Brigade,
The Fuzztones,
Rhythm & Sound,
In Retrospect,
Iggy Pop,
Nick Fraelich,
The Monks,
X-102,
Ultimate Spinach,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.