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 Czech Republic 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 1964 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Calgary.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Major Organ And The Adding Machine to the jazz 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 Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft. All the underground hits.
All Radiohead tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scientists 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a MDC record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Standells,
Scratch Acid,
Gong,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Blackbyrds,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lalann,
Newcleus,
Johnny Clarke,
Minnie Riperton,
Minutemen,
Ultravox,
Kas Product,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Marvin Gaye,
David Axelrod,
Severed Heads,
Blake Baxter,
Yellowson,
Colin Newman,
Freddie Wadling,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Ultra Naté,
Soft Cell,
Black Flag,
Kenny Larkin,
Supertramp,
New Order,
KRS-One,
Faraquet,
Interpol,
Blancmange,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Con Funk Shun,
Juan Atkins,
Niagra,
Scott Walker,
Eric B and Rakim,
OOIOO,
Youth Brigade,
Infiniti,
Main Source,
Donald Byrd,
Fifty Foot Hose,
L. Decosne,
Electric Prunes,
Yusef Lateef,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Audionom,
Marc Almond,
Wally Richardson,
Spoonie Gee,
Panda Bear,
John Holt,
The Last Poets,
Oneida,
48th St. Collective,
Maurizio,
Gil Scott Heron,
Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!, Girls At Our Best!.
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.