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 Brunei and from Bologna.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the guitar 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 Residents to the techno kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Swell Maps. All the underground hits.
All Graham Central Station tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lalo Schifrin 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 an organ and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sonny Sharrock record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Sonics,
Crispian St. Peters,
Pantytec,
Howard Jones,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Pere Ubu,
The Birthday Party,
Marmalade,
Robert Hood,
John Lydon,
Camouflage,
Lou Reed,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sällskapet,
Das Ding,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Ronnie Foster,
Young Marble Giants,
The Searchers,
Audionom,
Index,
Kas Product,
Bad Manners,
Barry Ungar,
Flash Fearless,
Steve Hackett,
Country Joe & The Fish,
The Smiths,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Bizarre Inc.,
Stockholm Monsters,
Maleditus Sound,
Oblivians,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Sunsets and Hearts,
cv313,
Suburban Knight,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Rotary Connection,
Deepchord,
Frankie Knuckles,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Qualms,
Panda Bear,
Black Moon,
Donny Hathaway,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Parry Music,
In Retrospect,
Black Sheep,
A Certain Ratio,
Joe Finger,
Hashim,
Theoretical Girls,
Sight & Sound,
Warren Ellis,
The Pretty Things,
Crash Course in Science,
U.S. Maple,
Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz, Heavy D & The Boyz.
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.