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 Andorra and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 1976 at the first Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the marimba 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 Delta 5 to the techno kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Lyres. All the underground hits.
All Echospace tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Five Americans 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Zapp record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Johnny Clarke,
FM Einheit,
Deakin,
Radio Birdman,
The Monks,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Grandmaster Flash,
Kenny Larkin,
Dave Gahan,
Charles Mingus,
Eric B and Rakim,
Public Enemy,
Scientists,
Pussy Galore,
Arab on Radar,
Livin' Joy,
The Golliwogs,
Fad Gadget,
Audionom,
Agent Orange,
the Bar-Kays,
Pylon,
Ronnie Foster,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Smiths,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Soul II Soul,
Roxy Music,
Guru Guru,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
The Walker Brothers,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Blues Magoos,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Grass Roots,
Brick,
X-101,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The J.B.'s,
The Victims,
the Germs,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The Sisters of Mercy,
F. McDonald,
New Age Steppers,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Curtis Mayfield,
Agitation Free,
Gang of Four,
Sexual Harrassment,
Rakim,
The Associates,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Red Krayola,
David McCallum,
Rod Modell,
Terrestrial Tones,
Little Man,
Connie Case, Connie Case, Connie Case, Connie Case.
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.