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 Slovenia and from Lagos.
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 1963 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
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 Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 to the funk 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 La Düsseldorf. All the underground hits.
All The Chocolate Watch Band tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Gap Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 mellotron and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rotary Connection record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Theoretical Girls,
Arab on Radar,
Neil Young,
The Neon Judgement,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Black Pus,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Banda Bassotti,
Neu!,
Fugazi,
Moss Icon,
The Fall,
Dorothy Ashby,
Patti Smith,
Lower 48,
Radiopuhelimet,
Big Daddy Kane,
Chrome,
Jeff Mills,
The Fortunes,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
MC5,
Youth Brigade,
Todd Rundgren,
The Victims,
The Sound,
Roger Hodgson,
The Vogues,
Mr. Review,
Danielle Patucci,
Aloha Tigers,
Parry Music,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Darondo,
Dual Sessions,
Chris Corsano,
Crime,
Icehouse,
The Motions,
Jawbox,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Standells,
Cymande,
Newcleus,
Bob Dylan,
The Star Department,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Con Funk Shun,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Hasil Adkins,
Guru Guru,
Howard Jones,
The Monks,
Hot Snakes,
Desert Stars,
Donald Byrd,
Make Up,
One Last Wish, One Last Wish, One Last Wish, One Last Wish.
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.