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 Malaysia and from Taipei.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Winnipeg.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the guitar 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 Kerrie Biddell to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Alison Limerick. All the underground hits.
All Saccharine Trust tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Alison Limerick record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kerri Chandler record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bush Tetras,
Cybotron,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Marcia Griffiths,
Heaven 17,
Jeff Mills,
Todd Terry,
the Normal,
Average White Band,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Kinks,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Eric B and Rakim,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Throbbing Gristle,
Ludus,
Urselle,
Davy DMX,
Maurizio,
Surgeon,
Lakeside,
Reagan Youth,
Bobby Sherman,
The Pop Group,
Suburban Knight,
Swans,
the Swans,
David Bowie,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Tim Buckley,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Duran Duran,
Delta 5,
AZ,
Danielle Patucci,
Absolute Body Control,
Brass Construction,
Yellowson,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
FM Einheit,
Fluxion,
The Pretty Things,
Blossom Toes,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Bizarre Inc.,
Kayak,
Harmonia,
Amazonics,
The Leaves,
Johnny Osbourne,
Sly & The Family Stone,
EPMD,
Sunsets and Hearts,
the Association,
Toni Rubio, Toni Rubio, Toni Rubio, Toni Rubio.
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.