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 Czech Republic and from Winnipeg.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Drive Like Jehu to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 David McCallum. All the underground hits.
All Robert Görl tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Mantronix 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 arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rapeman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Marine Girls,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Barracudas,
Tears for Fears,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Electric Prunes,
Blancmange,
Sun City Girls,
The Angels of Light,
The Busters,
Curtis Mayfield,
Davy DMX,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Residents,
Gang Green,
DJ Sneak,
Radiopuhelimet,
Rod Modell,
Drive Like Jehu,
Section 25,
Dawn Penn,
Erasure,
Marvin Gaye,
Lungfish,
Kayak,
L. Decosne,
Andrew Hill,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Royal Trux,
Amazonics,
Agitation Free,
Marmalade,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Basic Channel,
The Fortunes,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Don Cherry,
Bobby Womack,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
The Birthday Party,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Spandau Ballet,
The Seeds,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Desert Stars,
Unwound,
Television Personalities,
the Swans,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Intrusion,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Soul II Soul,
Minnie Riperton,
EPMD,
Rotary Connection,
Siglo XX,
Mission of Burma,
Motorama, Motorama, Motorama, Motorama.
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.