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 Ecuador 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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Magma to the dance kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Real Kids. All the underground hits.
All Jacques Brel tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Michelle Simonal record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 spring reverb and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rosa Yemen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Isaac Hayes,
Das Ding,
Todd Terry,
Radiopuhelimet,
Rakim,
John Holt,
The Slits,
Boz Scaggs,
The Beau Brummels,
Duran Duran,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
the Human League,
Patti Smith,
Scientists,
Dorothy Ashby,
Dark Day,
Negative Approach,
Bobby Sherman,
Stiv Bators,
Swans,
Minnie Riperton,
The Five Americans,
Delon & Dalcan,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Sarah Menescal,
Eric Dolphy,
Aural Exciters,
Mission of Burma,
Hot Snakes,
Sunsets and Hearts,
The Gun Club,
Technova,
B.T. Express,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
June of 44,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Archie Shepp,
T.S.O.L.,
Infiniti,
Grey Daturas,
Brand Nubian,
Arab on Radar,
Cameo,
U.S. Maple,
Japan,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Smog,
Pussy Galore,
Eddi Front,
Nick Fraelich,
Tears for Fears,
Matthew Bourne,
Fela Kuti,
Dead Boys,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Terrestrial Tones,
Black Flag,
Peter and Kerry,
Gregory Isaacs,
the Association,
Lebanon Hanover,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
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.