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 France and from Paris.
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 1964 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Isaac Hayes to the rap kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 World's Most. All the underground hits.
All Mars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aloha Tigers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mission of Burma record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Radiopuhelimet,
John Foxx,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Marine Girls,
UT,
Dual Sessions,
Sight & Sound,
David McCallum,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Tubeway Army,
Mandrill,
the Germs,
Black Sheep,
Amazonics,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Little Man,
Massinfluence,
Girls At Our Best!,
Barrington Levy,
Man Parrish,
New Age Steppers,
Terry Callier,
Accadde A,
Eden Ahbez,
Soul Sonic Force,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Jeru the Damaja,
Kayak,
Quantec,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Eric B and Rakim,
Arthur Verocai,
Magazine,
Flash Fearless,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Con Funk Shun,
Livin' Joy,
Grey Daturas,
Donny Hathaway,
Scan 7,
Skaos,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Misunderstood,
Ralphi Rosario,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Minnie Riperton,
the Bar-Kays,
Jerry's Kids,
The Real Kids,
Zero Boys,
Guru Guru,
Angry Samoans,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Neu!,
Rotary Connection,
Metal Thangz,
Lou Christie,
Pierre Henry,
The Human League,
Josef K,
Wings, Wings, Wings, Wings.
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.