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 Slovenia and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 Jakarta and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 snare 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 Section 25 to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Iggy Pop. All the underground hits.
All the Association tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Barrington Levy record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 harpsichord and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minnie Riperton record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sam Rivers,
Mars,
Los Fastidios,
Marcia Griffiths,
Byron Stingily,
Wolf Eyes,
Radiopuhelimet,
Altered Images,
Soul II Soul,
Lalo Schifrin,
Kayak,
Blancmange,
Crash Course in Science,
Barbara Tucker,
Livin' Joy,
Kool Moe Dee,
Quando Quango,
AZ,
Gichy Dan,
Wire,
Nico,
Sparks,
Rapeman,
Soft Cell,
Chris & Cosey,
Angry Samoans,
Franke,
Chris Corsano,
Fela Kuti,
Juan Atkins,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Peter & Gordon,
Cecil Taylor,
B.T. Express,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Aaron Thompson,
Michelle Simonal,
Bobby Hutcherson,
The Barracudas,
Swans,
Silicon Teens,
Pharoah Sanders,
Tropical Tobacco,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Smoke,
Simply Red,
Derrick May,
The Dead C,
Agent Orange,
The Beau Brummels,
Sällskapet,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
LL Cool J,
Thompson Twins,
Icehouse,
The Techniques,
Davy DMX,
Eric Dolphy,
The Gories,
Ultravox,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud.
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.