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 Brazil and from Sao Paulo.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Cairo.
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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the linndrum 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 The Zeros to the electroclash 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 Bill Wells. All the underground hits.
All Clear Light tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Divine Comedy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Isaac Hayes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Absolute Body Control,
Radiopuhelimet,
Kenny Larkin,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Roger Hodgson,
Robert Görl,
Josef K,
Inner City,
DJ Sneak,
Gang Green,
Ponytail,
Flamin' Groovies,
Joe Finger,
The Doors,
Eurythmics,
Electric Prunes,
Zero Boys,
Funky Four + One,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Clear Light,
Gastr Del Sol,
Jacques Brel,
Charles Mingus,
The Residents,
Tears for Fears,
Matthew Halsall,
Erykah Badu,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Jawbox,
Frankie Knuckles,
Yellowson,
Wally Richardson,
Bobby Byrd,
Pussy Galore,
Davy DMX,
Ornette Coleman,
DNA,
Banda Bassotti,
Chris Corsano,
Unwound,
Magazine,
JFA,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Blake Baxter,
Ken Boothe,
Q65,
Tomorrow,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Los Fastidios,
The Fuzztones,
Tres Demented,
The Human League,
Delta 5,
Dorothy Ashby,
Ultimate Spinach,
Panda Bear,
Sun Ra,
Dead Boys,
Anthony Braxton,
The Leaves,
Scion,
Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson, Brothers Johnson.
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.