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 Syria and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the snare 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 Wire to the rock 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 Aswad. All the underground hits.
All Fort Wilson Riot tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fat Boys record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Second Layer record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Shuggie Otis,
Black Sheep,
Alison Limerick,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
World's Most,
Jandek,
10cc,
Roy Ayers,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Marc Almond,
Cheater Slicks,
Sun Ra,
Agent Orange,
The Trojans,
Buzzcocks,
Stetsasonic,
Goldenarms,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Sarah Menescal,
Grandmaster Flash,
Eurythmics,
Kool Moe Dee,
Ken Boothe,
Absolute Body Control,
Jesper Dahlback,
Ponytail,
Television Personalities,
Ralphi Rosario,
the Slits,
Nico,
Livin' Joy,
Fela Kuti,
Marmalade,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Misunderstood,
Drive Like Jehu,
Dave Gahan,
The Walker Brothers,
Deadbeat,
Con Funk Shun,
Derrick May,
The Happenings,
Carl Craig,
Rod Modell,
Eric B and Rakim,
Aural Exciters,
Ultra Naté,
Kenny Larkin,
Alton Ellis,
Pantytec,
Harry Pussy,
Sister Nancy,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
John Lydon,
Talk Talk,
the Sonics,
Supertramp,
Reuben Wilson,
Ice-T,
Roxy Music,
Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan.
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.