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 Jordan 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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Halifax 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the snare 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 Brass Construction to the dance 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 The Names. All the underground hits.
All The Human League tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Altered Images record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ludus record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
CMW,
Essential Logic,
Cymande,
Sound Behaviour,
These Immortal Souls,
Eden Ahbez,
The Modern Lovers,
The Durutti Column,
Soft Cell,
The Birthday Party,
Reagan Youth,
E-Dancer,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Deakin,
The Buckinghams,
Aaron Thompson,
Roxette,
Vainqueur,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Young Rascals,
Electric Prunes,
Sexual Harrassment,
Eric Dolphy,
The United States of America,
Arab on Radar,
Pantaleimon,
Iggy Pop,
The Angels of Light,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Bobby Sherman,
Kenny Larkin,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Parry Music,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Skriet,
The Moleskins,
Excepter,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Anakelly,
The Smiths,
Derrick May,
Yusef Lateef,
Outsiders,
Second Layer,
The Divine Comedy,
A Flock of Seagulls,
10cc,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Jacob Miller,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Henry Cow,
Ituana,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Absolute Body Control,
The Velvet Underground,
Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!.
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.