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 Argentina and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 snare 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 Barry Ungar to the jazz 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 DeepChord presents Echospace. All the underground hits.
All Selector Dub Narcotic tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Deakin 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Young Rascals record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Simply Red,
The Sound,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Dennis Brown,
Sparks,
Massinfluence,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Lucky Dragons,
Kerrie Biddell,
Flash Fearless,
Blossom Toes,
Mars,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Circle Jerks,
Sugar Minott,
The United States of America,
New Order,
Crime,
Minutemen,
Rotary Connection,
JFA,
Lower 48,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Rites of Spring,
Cameo,
Roxy Music,
Ohio Players,
Inner City,
Faust,
Morten Harket,
Vladislav Delay,
Subhumans,
Jimmy McGriff,
Tom Boy,
The Seeds,
Barclay James Harvest,
Moss Icon,
Tommy Roe,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Bootsy Collins,
Avey Tare,
The Music Machine,
Byron Stingily,
Nirvana,
Pet Shop Boys,
the Germs,
Reagan Youth,
Kerri Chandler,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Nik Kershaw,
Todd Terry,
Cal Tjader,
The Dead C,
Iggy Pop,
Grauzone,
the Association,
Au Pairs,
Index,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Y Pants,
Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs, Boz Scaggs.
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.