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 Turkey and from Stockholm.
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 1961 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Lou Christie to the grime kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 E-Dancer. All the underground hits.
All Scott Walker tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Warsaw 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 theremin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Funkadelic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Alice Coltrane,
Robert Hood,
Reuben Wilson,
Agitation Free,
Delta 5,
Chrome,
Neu!,
Das Ding,
Mo-Dettes,
Throbbing Gristle,
Stetsasonic,
Grey Daturas,
Albert Ayler,
The Knickerbockers,
Rekid,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Kaleidoscope,
Deepchord,
Michelle Simonal,
Darondo,
Section 25,
Scrapy,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
ABBA,
Marcia Griffiths,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Tommy Roe,
Accadde A,
The Last Poets,
Roxette,
MC5,
Joensuu 1685,
Gang of Four,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Wally Richardson,
Girls At Our Best!,
Rhythm & Sound,
Kevin Saunderson,
Pulsallama,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Panda Bear,
New York Dolls,
Swell Maps,
Lalo Schifrin,
A Certain Ratio,
Charles Mingus,
Guru Guru,
Smog,
Skriet,
Magazine,
Janne Schatter,
The Happenings,
The Fortunes,
Eve St. Jones,
The Doobie Brothers,
Eddi Front,
B.T. Express,
The Busters,
Danielle Patucci,
Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Hayes.
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.