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 Korea North and from Bremen.
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 1960 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Woodstock.
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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Susan Cadogan to the grunge 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 Deepchord. All the underground hits.
All Oneida tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Maleditus Sound 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Offenders record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soft Cell,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Pole,
Nik Kershaw,
Ice-T,
Flamin' Groovies,
Aural Exciters,
Delta 5,
The Moody Blues,
Eric Dolphy,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
the Human League,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Adolescents,
Sparks,
Drexciya,
the Germs,
The Saints,
The Knickerbockers,
Scientists,
X-Ray Spex,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Erasure,
The Trojans,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Royal Trux,
Warren Ellis,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Soft Machine,
Sex Pistols,
Quantec,
Fad Gadget,
Monks,
Faraquet,
the Normal,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Carl Craig,
The Star Department,
The Vogues,
Bobby Womack,
Moebius,
Fat Boys,
Nas,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Liliput,
Harmonia,
The Golliwogs,
Derrick May,
Shuggie Otis,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Jerry's Kids,
Black Pus,
The Seeds,
Panda Bear,
Cecil Taylor,
the Association,
Electric Prunes,
Vladislav Delay,
Glambeats Corp.,
Juan Atkins,
Ornette Coleman,
Alphaville,
Procol Harum, Procol Harum, Procol Harum, Procol Harum.
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.