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 India and from Lyon.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Soul II Soul to the electroclash 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 Lalann. All the underground hits.
All The Associates tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Offenders 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 snare and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mary Jane Girls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Techniques,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Neil Young,
Quadrant,
The Offenders,
T. Rex,
Toni Rubio,
David Axelrod,
The Move,
Barbara Tucker,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
One Last Wish,
Erasure,
The Shadows of Knight,
Jeff Lynne,
Josef K,
This Heat,
Eurythmics,
The Neon Judgement,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Fortunes,
Faraquet,
Hasil Adkins,
Joy Division,
Television Personalities,
Kurtis Blow,
Sight & Sound,
In Retrospect,
Marcia Griffiths,
Warsaw,
Sound Behaviour,
Popol Vuh,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Seeds,
Joe Finger,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Y Pants,
The Misunderstood,
Blossom Toes,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Morten Harket,
The Divine Comedy,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
B.T. Express,
Crash Course in Science,
Unrelated Segments,
Marine Girls,
Iggy Pop,
DJ Style,
Groovy Waters,
Eve St. Jones,
Neu!,
Bootsy Collins,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Spandau Ballet,
the Soft Cell,
Amon Düül,
The Selecter,
Crispian St. Peters,
Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson.
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.