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 Azerbaijan and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 The Toasters to the disco 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 Leonard Cohen. All the underground hits.
All Lightning Bolt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Chrome record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Danielle Patucci record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Golliwogs,
The Evens,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Deadbeat,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Invisible,
Kevin Saunderson,
Colin Newman,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Remains,
Outsiders,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Count Five,
Niagra,
Blossom Toes,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Marmalade,
The Star Department,
The Happenings,
New Order,
Kerri Chandler,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Organ,
EPMD,
Bizarre Inc.,
Young Marble Giants,
Desert Stars,
B.T. Express,
Eve St. Jones,
H. Thieme,
Accadde A,
Bill Near,
DJ Style,
Mary Jane Girls,
Dorothy Ashby,
Delon & Dalcan,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Residents,
Deepchord,
Faust,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Todd Terry,
June of 44,
Eric Copeland,
X-101,
Quadrant,
Fluxion,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Y Pants,
Ultravox,
F. McDonald,
Television Personalities,
Rakim,
Ronnie Foster,
8 Eyed Spy,
Freddie Wadling,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Seeds,
Sex Pistols,
Siglo XX, Siglo XX, Siglo XX, Siglo XX.
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.