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 Milan.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Bronski Beat to the crunk 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 Vainqueur. All the underground hits.
All The Velvet Underground tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jeff Lynne 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 rhodes and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Agent Orange record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Happenings,
The Victims,
Avey Tare,
Ultravox,
Ituana,
Mandrill,
Jacob Miller,
Whodini,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Freddie Wadling,
Aural Exciters,
Sonic Youth,
Michelle Simonal,
New Age Steppers,
Skriet,
Subhumans,
The Birthday Party,
The Kinks,
The Move,
The Sonics,
Flamin' Groovies,
Half Japanese,
the Soft Cell,
Terrestrial Tones,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Reagan Youth,
Oblivians,
The Selecter,
A Certain Ratio,
Pantaleimon,
E-Dancer,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Eric B and Rakim,
Gabor Szabo,
Godley & Creme,
Severed Heads,
Erykah Badu,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Black Dice,
Soul II Soul,
Public Enemy,
Urselle,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Dave Gahan,
Deakin,
Echospace,
Anakelly,
Tubeway Army,
Harmonia,
Deepchord,
Desert Stars,
Jandek,
Mad Mike,
Joy Division,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
The Saints,
Cameo,
The Knickerbockers,
Kas Product,
Y Pants,
Gang of Four,
the Human League,
Radiopuhelimet, Radiopuhelimet, Radiopuhelimet, Radiopuhelimet.
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.