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 Solomon Islands and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Bronski Beat show in Brixton.
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 1969 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the synthesizer 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 Flipper to the rap 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 Alphaville. All the underground hits.
All Delon & Dalcan tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Judy Mowatt record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry Gold Smith record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Busters,
Sandy B,
Amazonics,
Moebius,
Amon Düül,
Country Teasers,
Jerry's Kids,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Joyce Sims,
Janne Schatter,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Niagra,
Morten Harket,
Suburban Knight,
Laurel Aitken,
Nation of Ulysses,
Skriet,
Ossler,
Model 500,
The Moleskins,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Siglo XX,
David McCallum,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Depeche Mode,
New Age Steppers,
Newcleus,
Magazine,
Lower 48,
Stiv Bators,
Second Layer,
Sight & Sound,
Davy DMX,
Delon & Dalcan,
Scott Walker,
The Blackbyrds,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Fire Engines,
Jandek,
Public Image Ltd.,
L. Decosne,
Peter & Gordon,
Boogie Down Productions,
Althea and Donna,
Kayak,
Hoover,
Jeff Mills,
Jeff Lynne,
Nico,
The Velvet Underground,
Von Mondo,
Funky Four + One,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Skatalites,
The Names,
Pole,
Qualms,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Masters at Work, Masters at Work, Masters at Work, Masters at Work.
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.