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 Korea South 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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Eric Copeland to the funk 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 Jacques Brel. All the underground hits.
All The Peanut Butter Conspiracy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dual Sessions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Michelle Simonal,
Sonny Sharrock,
Drexciya,
David Bowie,
Nik Kershaw,
Warsaw,
Qualms,
Jesper Dahlback,
Eyeless In Gaza,
X-101,
The Sonics,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Youth Brigade,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
World's Most,
Barry Ungar,
The Pretty Things,
The Black Dice,
Roy Ayers,
FM Einheit,
Hardrive,
Hot Snakes,
Swell Maps,
Talk Talk,
Flipper,
Chris Corsano,
Gang Starr,
The Blackbyrds,
Radiohead,
Rhythm & Sound,
Deepchord,
Fad Gadget,
A Certain Ratio,
Anthony Braxton,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Fortunes,
Mission of Burma,
The Velvet Underground,
Ultra Naté,
The Slits,
Byron Stingily,
Fear,
Agent Orange,
Kenny Larkin,
Piero Umiliani,
Spandau Ballet,
Janne Schatter,
The Monochrome Set,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Cameo,
Radio Birdman,
Howard Jones,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Fuzztones,
Donald Byrd,
Franke,
Y Pants, Y Pants, Y Pants, Y Pants.
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.