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 Marshall Islands and from Sao Paulo.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Lou Christie to the dance 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 Blancmange. All the underground hits.
All Public Enemy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dead Boys record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rahsaan Roland Kirk record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Spoonie Gee,
David McCallum,
the Swans,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Slave,
Morten Harket,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Mad Mike,
The Monks,
Bill Wells,
Soft Machine,
The Birthday Party,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Gang Gang Dance,
Neu!,
Youth Brigade,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Bad Manners,
Sun Ra,
Animal Collective,
Frankie Knuckles,
Black Flag,
Radio Birdman,
Flash Fearless,
Ronnie Foster,
the Soft Cell,
Hot Snakes,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The J.B.'s,
Qualms,
KRS-One,
Hasil Adkins,
Outsiders,
Motorama,
China Crisis,
Au Pairs,
The American Breed,
the Human League,
Audionom,
Amon Düül II,
Subhumans,
Nas,
Liliput,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Gong,
ABBA,
Stereo Dub,
Agent Orange,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Cal Tjader,
Tubeway Army,
Rosa Yemen,
Freddie Wadling,
Boz Scaggs,
Bluetip,
Grey Daturas,
Popol Vuh,
Schoolly D,
Hoover,
Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot.
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.