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 United States and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the organ 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 AZ to the techno kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Motorama. All the underground hits.
All Kayak tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Thompson Twins record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Womack record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Golliwogs,
Schoolly D,
Alphaville,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Ossler,
Camouflage,
Outsiders,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
ABC,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Cymande,
Isaac Hayes,
Lightning Bolt,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Cowsills,
Hashim,
Fela Kuti,
Gerry Rafferty,
Arthur Verocai,
Rotary Connection,
AZ,
Sister Nancy,
Jeff Mills,
Grey Daturas,
Chris Corsano,
The Vogues,
Dark Day,
Crash Course in Science,
DJ Sneak,
Bobby Sherman,
Derrick May,
Monks,
Byron Stingily,
Ralphi Rosario,
Joe Smooth,
Jacob Miller,
Agent Orange,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Chris & Cosey,
Babytalk,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Panda Bear,
Aswad,
Pylon,
Harpers Bizarre,
Anakelly,
The Searchers,
The J.B.'s,
Delta 5,
David McCallum,
Funky Four + One,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Freddie Wadling,
Blancmange,
The Standells,
R.M.O.,
Intrusion, Intrusion, Intrusion, Intrusion.
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.