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 Portland.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish to the techno kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Pretty Things. All the underground hits.
All Aural Exciters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every David Bowie record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 güiro and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David McCallum record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Barracudas,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Dual Sessions,
Sparks,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Roger Hodgson,
Skriet,
Ludus,
Gang Starr,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Seeds,
Symarip,
The Doobie Brothers,
Johnny Clarke,
DJ Style,
U.S. Maple,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
New Age Steppers,
Throbbing Gristle,
The Blackbyrds,
Heaven 17,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Real Kids,
the Soft Cell,
Maleditus Sound,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Franke,
Scrapy,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Dead Boys,
Interpol,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Tim Buckley,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Guru Guru,
The Fuzztones,
The Birthday Party,
The American Breed,
Girls At Our Best!,
Agent Orange,
Boz Scaggs,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Five Americans,
Scan 7,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Basic Channel,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Groovy Waters,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
PIL,
Minnie Riperton,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
La Düsseldorf,
Graham Central Station,
Sam Rivers,
Alison Limerick,
CMW,
Fad Gadget,
David Axelrod,
Au Pairs,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra.
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.