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 Gabon and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 James White and The Blacks to the punk 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 Rhythim Is Rhythim. All the underground hits.
All Angry Samoans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Wyatt record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Angels of Light & Akron/Family record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soul II Soul,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Godley & Creme,
Camouflage,
E-Dancer,
The Birthday Party,
Fear,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Alphaville,
The Gap Band,
Oblivians,
Basic Channel,
Sandy B,
Bobbi Humphrey,
a-ha,
Public Enemy,
The Monochrome Set,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Techniques,
These Immortal Souls,
Derrick May,
Mantronix,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Gregory Isaacs,
Television Personalities,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Niagra,
The Real Kids,
The Fugs,
Glenn Branca,
Todd Rundgren,
The Fuzztones,
Tom Boy,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Stooges,
D'Angelo,
A Certain Ratio,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Isaac Hayes,
Dennis Brown,
Janne Schatter,
Thee Headcoats,
Sight & Sound,
Drive Like Jehu,
Jeff Lynne,
Carl Craig,
Scientists,
June of 44,
Country Joe & The Fish,
The Sonics,
Mars,
The Divine Comedy,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Stiv Bators,
June Days,
kango's stein massive,
Bill Near,
MC5,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Adolescents,
Donald Byrd,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.