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 Ireland and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1967 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Chris Corsano to the rap kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Yellowson. All the underground hits.
All Davy DMX tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every It's A Beautiful Day record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aloha Tigers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joe Smooth,
Con Funk Shun,
Tomorrow,
Gang Green,
AZ,
One Last Wish,
Von Mondo,
Massinfluence,
Das Ding,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
R.M.O.,
The Birthday Party,
Slick Rick,
The Vogues,
Stiv Bators,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Evens,
DJ Style,
The Buckinghams,
Swell Maps,
Davy DMX,
The Moody Blues,
Jawbox,
Gichy Dan,
X-102,
Depeche Mode,
Bauhaus,
Thompson Twins,
Ossler,
Piero Umiliani,
Bronski Beat,
Tim Buckley,
The Residents,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Skriet,
Skarface,
China Crisis,
Niagra,
John Cale,
The Star Department,
Ronnie Foster,
The Black Dice,
Drexciya,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Danielle Patucci,
The Sonics,
The Divine Comedy,
Johnny Clarke,
Matthew Halsall,
Q and Not U,
David Axelrod,
Aural Exciters,
Parry Music,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Cameo,
Roxy Music,
Minor Threat,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Scott Walker,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Neil Young, Neil Young, Neil Young, Neil Young.
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.