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 Namibia and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 synthesizer 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 Maurizio to the disco 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 Metal Thangz. All the underground hits.
All Peter and Kerry tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience 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 mellotron and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Accadde A record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
LL Cool J,
Radiohead,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Tomorrow,
Donny Hathaway,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Al Stewart,
Monolake,
Model 500,
Ludus,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Pharoah Sanders,
Grandmaster Flash,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Cheater Slicks,
Barclay James Harvest,
Ice-T,
Iggy Pop,
Crispy Ambulance,
Harmonia,
Aural Exciters,
Kenny Larkin,
Leonard Cohen,
Erykah Badu,
Lou Christie,
Ituana,
The Raincoats,
UT,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Gang Green,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Michelle Simonal,
The New Christs,
Lucky Dragons,
Avey Tare,
Monks,
The Neon Judgement,
Ken Boothe,
Thee Headcoats,
Television,
The Leaves,
Matthew Halsall,
Skaos,
Derrick Morgan,
Stiv Bators,
Piero Umiliani,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Eve St. Jones,
New Order,
The Motions,
Public Image Ltd.,
the Germs,
Country Teasers,
Heaven 17,
The Stooges,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Von Mondo,
Pierre Henry,
Funky Four + One,
Brass Construction,
Pagans,
Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685, Joensuu 1685.
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.