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 Mongolia and from Seoul.
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 1967 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Mumbai.
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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Monolake to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Minutemen. All the underground hits.
All Sandy B tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Public Enemy 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Hasil Adkins record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
AZ,
The Invisible,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Spoonie Gee,
Roxy Music,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Byron Stingily,
Arthur Verocai,
Kerrie Biddell,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Slackers,
Bang On A Can,
Basic Channel,
Easy Going,
Nick Fraelich,
Toni Rubio,
Grandmaster Flash,
Chris & Cosey,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Deadbeat,
Duran Duran,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Sun City Girls,
Lightning Bolt,
Soul Sonic Force,
June Days,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Gil Scott Heron,
X-101,
DJ Style,
Dead Boys,
New York Dolls,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Flash Fearless,
Sun Ra,
Bobby Womack,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Marine Girls,
David McCallum,
Essential Logic,
the Germs,
kango's stein massive,
Pulsallama,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Donny Hathaway,
Technova,
Tubeway Army,
Pylon,
Zapp,
Moss Icon,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Isaac Hayes,
Joensuu 1685,
Ludus,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Detroit Cobras,
Lucky Dragons,
Idris Muhammad,
Livin' Joy,
Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew, Vaughan Mason & Crew.
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.