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 Philippines and from Seoul.
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 1962 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Desert Stars to the grime kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Ash Ra Tempel. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Blues Magoos record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Erasure,
Simply Red,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Terry Callier,
Deepchord,
Stereo Dub,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Hasil Adkins,
Rosa Yemen,
Angry Samoans,
The Happenings,
Yazoo,
Erykah Badu,
Ultra Naté,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Pagans,
Groovy Waters,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
OOIOO,
Soft Cell,
The Fire Engines,
Bobby Sherman,
The Victims,
Funkadelic,
Drexciya,
Marine Girls,
Roy Ayers,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Vogues,
The Remains,
The Knickerbockers,
Essential Logic,
Spoonie Gee,
Bob Dylan,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Pantaleimon,
Minnie Riperton,
Hardrive,
The Human League,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Outsiders,
Symarip,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Crispy Ambulance,
Bill Near,
Absolute Body Control,
Eli Mardock,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Frankie Knuckles,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Anthony Braxton,
a-ha,
Mission of Burma,
Ludus,
Mad Mike,
The Last Poets,
The Modern Lovers,
Minor Threat,
The Angels of Light, The Angels of Light, The Angels of Light, The Angels of Light.
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.