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 Somalia and from Edmonton.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Black Moon to the electroclash 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 Niagra. All the underground hits.
All Skarface tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every EPMD 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sixth Finger,
Skaos,
Harpers Bizarre,
The Red Krayola,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Eric Dolphy,
Intrusion,
Gastr Del Sol,
A Certain Ratio,
The Motions,
Cybotron,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Birthday Party,
The Dave Clark Five,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Crispy Ambulance,
Sandy B,
Stockholm Monsters,
Marine Girls,
Girls At Our Best!,
Gang Green,
Pulsallama,
Scientists,
Au Pairs,
Crime,
Faraquet,
Leonard Cohen,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Dennis Brown,
The Flesh Eaters,
the Fania All-Stars,
Terry Callier,
The Invisible,
Mantronix,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Circle Jerks,
Motorama,
X-Ray Spex,
Pagans,
Pierre Henry,
Icehouse,
Ultimate Spinach,
Hasil Adkins,
Joe Finger,
Bluetip,
Kool Moe Dee,
Heaven 17,
Wasted Youth,
The Cramps,
Black Moon,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Anakelly,
Bob Dylan,
The Star Department,
D'Angelo,
Barrington Levy,
Porter Ricks,
Scion,
Kaleidoscope,
Niagra,
The Black Dice,
KRS-One, KRS-One, KRS-One, KRS-One.
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.