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 Belgium and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the 808 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 cv313 to the electroclash kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 The Evens. All the underground hits.
All Ohio Players tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Oblivians record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joey Negro record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Donny Hathaway,
The Real Kids,
Skaos,
the Swans,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Mission of Burma,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The United States of America,
Davy DMX,
The Sound,
Clear Light,
Sun Ra,
New Age Steppers,
Terry Callier,
kango's stein massive,
Gregory Isaacs,
The Knickerbockers,
Anthony Braxton,
Letta Mbulu,
Yaz,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
The Birthday Party,
The Evens,
Easy Going,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Kinks,
Pierre Henry,
Bad Manners,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Electric Prunes,
Thee Headcoats,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Darondo,
Joe Finger,
Loose Ends,
Quando Quango,
Pylon,
The Raincoats,
Peter & Gordon,
Jawbox,
Rotary Connection,
Von Mondo,
Second Layer,
Alton Ellis,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Standells,
Kenny Larkin,
Girls At Our Best!,
Faraquet,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Banda Bassotti,
Gang Green,
Sexual Harrassment,
Buzzcocks,
The Fuzztones,
the Human League,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Dave Clark Five,
Leonard Cohen,
The Doobie Brothers,
Juan Atkins,
Black Moon,
Judy Mowatt,
Babytalk, Babytalk, Babytalk, Babytalk.
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.