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 Solomon Islands and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Yazoo to the dance 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 Johnny Clarke. All the underground hits.
All Clear Light tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Chocolate Watch 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sister Nancy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Leaves,
The Monks,
Jawbox,
Sandy B,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
June Days,
the Sonics,
Rod Modell,
Schoolly D,
John Holt,
The Fire Engines,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Scott Walker,
Leonard Cohen,
48th St. Collective,
Dual Sessions,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Judy Mowatt,
Rosa Yemen,
Massinfluence,
Gang Gang Dance,
the Association,
The Divine Comedy,
ABC,
Steve Hackett,
Ralphi Rosario,
Suicide,
The Vogues,
Dennis Brown,
Silicon Teens,
Delta 5,
Interpol,
10cc,
Section 25,
Glambeats Corp.,
Eddi Front,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Japan,
Audionom,
Deadbeat,
Archie Shepp,
Jesper Dahlback,
Scratch Acid,
Popol Vuh,
X-Ray Spex,
Thee Headcoats,
Donny Hathaway,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Albert Ayler,
Ponytail,
The Pop Group,
Josef K,
Technova,
Reagan Youth,
Pylon,
The Toasters,
Lee Hazlewood,
Idris Muhammad,
Au Pairs, Au Pairs, Au Pairs, Au Pairs.
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.