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 Ghana and from Tokyo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the marimba 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 Piero Umiliani to the rap kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Infiniti. All the underground hits.
All Soul Sonic Force tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Make Up record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 güiro and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a U.S. Maple record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nirvana,
a-ha,
Robert Hood,
Spandau Ballet,
Grey Daturas,
The Fire Engines,
Aural Exciters,
Brand Nubian,
Jacques Brel,
Symarip,
Gregory Isaacs,
Jeff Lynne,
PIL,
Hashim,
Nik Kershaw,
Ralphi Rosario,
Thompson Twins,
Joey Negro,
Al Stewart,
Soul II Soul,
Arcadia,
Moebius,
Terry Callier,
Scan 7,
Mo-Dettes,
CMW,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Kas Product,
Ronan,
Crooked Eye,
MDC,
Flipper,
Severed Heads,
Chris Corsano,
The Fall,
DJ Sneak,
Maurizio,
The Standells,
The Residents,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Kool Moe Dee,
Tears for Fears,
China Crisis,
Steve Hackett,
Stereo Dub,
Wasted Youth,
The Last Poets,
Nation of Ulysses,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Tres Demented,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Whodini,
The Flesh Eaters,
The Sonics,
Amon Düül II,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Scott Walker,
Piero Umiliani,
Monolake,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience.
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.