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 Micronesia and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1963 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 grime 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 Can. All the underground hits.
All Talk Talk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aural Exciters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash 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 guitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Todd Rundgren record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jerry Gold Smith,
Laurel Aitken,
Danielle Patucci,
Grauzone,
Chris & Cosey,
ABBA,
Nico,
Gerry Rafferty,
Al Stewart,
Darondo,
Lyres,
Lalann,
Godley & Creme,
In Retrospect,
Joy Division,
Panda Bear,
Cybotron,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Matthew Halsall,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Procol Harum,
Eden Ahbez,
EPMD,
E-Dancer,
Groovy Waters,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
the Human League,
Minnie Riperton,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Section 25,
Ohio Players,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Masters at Work,
The Litter,
Gil Scott Heron,
Youth Brigade,
The Young Rascals,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Fluxion,
Nick Fraelich,
The Raincoats,
Barry Ungar,
MDC,
Gastr Del Sol,
Bronski Beat,
The Leaves,
Eric Dolphy,
cv313,
The Vogues,
Rotary Connection,
Main Source,
Radiopuhelimet,
Aaron Thompson,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Joey Negro,
Spandau Ballet,
Erykah Badu,
Swans,
Fear,
Tommy Roe,
Icehouse,
a-ha,
Fela Kuti,
Glambeats Corp., Glambeats Corp., Glambeats Corp., Glambeats Corp..
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.