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 Palau and from Toronto.
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 1966 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
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 Juan Atkins to the rap 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Robert Görl tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bluetip record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lalann record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Can,
Gabor Szabo,
Agent Orange,
The Martian,
Erykah Badu,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Lucky Dragons,
Chrome,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Velvet Underground,
Jerry's Kids,
10cc,
Magma,
Rites of Spring,
The United States of America,
Skarface,
U.S. Maple,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Rekid,
Fear,
Lou Christie,
Crispy Ambulance,
Masters at Work,
Flipper,
Cheater Slicks,
ABC,
Tommy Roe,
X-Ray Spex,
Animal Collective,
Deadbeat,
B.T. Express,
The Electric Prunes,
Zapp,
the Human League,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Robert Hood,
KRS-One,
Ronnie Foster,
Metal Thangz,
The Zeros,
E-Dancer,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Yazoo,
the Slits,
June of 44,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Goldenarms,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
The Cramps,
Franke,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Hoover,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Oblivians,
Bronski Beat,
Second Layer,
Pantytec,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Pharoah Sanders,
World's Most,
Girls At Our Best!,
Negative Approach,
The Busters, The Busters, The Busters, The Busters.
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.