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 Thailand and from Jakarta.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 New Order to the disco 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 Marshall Jefferson. All the underground hits.
All Loose Ends tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deakin record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lungfish,
Jeru the Damaja,
Can,
The Index,
The Modern Lovers,
June of 44,
Eric Dolphy,
Freddie Wadling,
Mark Hollis,
Mad Mike,
Lakeside,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Ohio Players,
L. Decosne,
Angry Samoans,
Amon Düül II,
Fat Boys,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The United States of America,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Marshall Jefferson,
Roxy Music,
H. Thieme,
Mantronix,
Todd Terry,
John Holt,
Zapp,
X-Ray Spex,
Aswad,
Michelle Simonal,
Jacques Brel,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Real Kids,
Mission of Burma,
Radiohead,
Jimmy McGriff,
Maurizio,
Das Ding,
Bill Wells,
The Blackbyrds,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
the Soft Cell,
Sonic Youth,
Nils Olav,
Davy DMX,
Jandek,
Au Pairs,
Tropical Tobacco,
Negative Approach,
Ronnie Foster,
New Order,
ABBA,
Pharoah Sanders,
Darondo,
Joensuu 1685,
Saccharine Trust,
Toni Rubio,
Kevin Saunderson,
Harpers Bizarre,
Scrapy,
Jawbox,
Guru Guru,
Lou Reed, Lou Reed, Lou Reed, Lou Reed.
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.