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 Madagascar and from Manchester.
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 1965 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Madrid and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 The Monks to the electroclash 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 Intrusion. All the underground hits.
All Talk Talk tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Groovy Waters record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Absolute Body Control,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Flamin' Groovies,
Half Japanese,
The Techniques,
Dead Boys,
Blancmange,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Agent Orange,
Barry Ungar,
Roxy Music,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Crash Course in Science,
Ponytail,
Iggy Pop,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Von Mondo,
Guru Guru,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Marc Almond,
Warren Ellis,
The New Christs,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Lyres,
cv313,
John Holt,
Traffic Nightmare,
Hashim,
Tears for Fears,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Reuben Wilson,
Maleditus Sound,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Joe Smooth,
Sonic Youth,
Max Romeo,
D'Angelo,
The Mojo Men,
The Detroit Cobras,
Bronski Beat,
Nick Fraelich,
Yellowson,
Andrew Hill,
Barrington Levy,
Livin' Joy,
Average White Band,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Goldenarms,
Cameo,
KRS-One,
Little Man,
Skriet,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Arcadia,
Index,
Nico,
Jacob Miller,
Barbara Tucker,
Intrusion,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Five Americans,
The Victims,
Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts, Sunsets and Hearts.
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.