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 Dominica and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Cybotron to the crunk 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 Franke. All the underground hits.
All The Divine Comedy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ossler 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kevin Saunderson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Basic Channel,
Soft Machine,
The Skatalites,
Buzzcocks,
Country Teasers,
Charles Mingus,
Wally Richardson,
Faraquet,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Tomorrow,
Camouflage,
The Kinks,
Agitation Free,
B.T. Express,
Godley & Creme,
10cc,
The Doobie Brothers,
T.S.O.L.,
Ken Boothe,
Hoover,
Thompson Twins,
Fad Gadget,
Aloha Tigers,
John Coltrane,
F. McDonald,
Franke,
Fat Boys,
Lightning Bolt,
Young Marble Giants,
Accadde A,
Eli Mardock,
Minnie Riperton,
The Gun Club,
Leonard Cohen,
Ohio Players,
Animal Collective,
Alphaville,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Sonics,
Pulsallama,
Deepchord,
Supertramp,
Jeff Lynne,
Drive Like Jehu,
Rakim,
Smog,
Lyres,
Chris & Cosey,
Cybotron,
Fatback Band,
Visage,
Tears for Fears,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Brothers Johnson,
Saccharine Trust,
The Leaves,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Human League,
Marvin Gaye,
Dorothy Ashby,
Harry Pussy,
Sonic Youth,
The Standells, The Standells, The Standells, The Standells.
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.