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 Trinidad & Tobago and from London.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Modern Lovers to the dance 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 Dual Sessions. All the underground hits.
All Donny Hathaway tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mummies record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ponytail record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bronski Beat,
Guru Guru,
Mantronix,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
JFA,
Con Funk Shun,
Boogie Down Productions,
Lou Reed,
Lyres,
The Barracudas,
Steve Hackett,
Eli Mardock,
Aswad,
Simply Red,
Organ,
Echospace,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Motions,
Tres Demented,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
A Certain Ratio,
Can,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Happenings,
Grandmaster Flash,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Prince Buster,
Talk Talk,
Animal Collective,
Kerri Chandler,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Rosa Yemen,
The Alarm Clocks,
Pagans,
Accadde A,
Radio Birdman,
David Bowie,
Chris Corsano,
Silicon Teens,
Soul Sonic Force,
Josef K,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Wolf Eyes,
Pierre Henry,
Camouflage,
Essential Logic,
Dark Day,
The Evens,
Ronnie Foster,
Cluster,
Aural Exciters,
Bobby Sherman,
Average White Band,
Jimmy McGriff,
Sixth Finger,
Kenny Larkin,
E-Dancer,
The Gap Band,
Niagra,
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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.