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 Azerbaijan and from Calgary.
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 1967 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the theremin 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 John Lydon to the punk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Susan Cadogan. All the underground hits.
All Wire tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Shoche record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a X-102 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Misunderstood,
Niagra,
Cameo,
Gabor Szabo,
Talk Talk,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Unrelated Segments,
KRS-One,
Kerrie Biddell,
Crispy Ambulance,
In Retrospect,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Sparks,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Alice Coltrane,
Jandek,
Von Mondo,
Camouflage,
T.S.O.L.,
Shuggie Otis,
F. McDonald,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Todd Terry,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Henry Cow,
Franke,
Wings,
Bootsy Collins,
Quadrant,
DNA,
New Age Steppers,
The Doors,
Ralphi Rosario,
New Order,
Isaac Hayes,
Funkadelic,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gang of Four,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Gap Band,
Roxette,
Avey Tare,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Chris & Cosey,
Danielle Patucci,
Minny Pops,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Bad Manners,
Vladislav Delay,
Aswad,
Chris Corsano,
Darondo,
Tropical Tobacco,
Guru Guru,
Brick,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Connie Case,
The Modern Lovers,
The Dead C,
Roy Ayers,
Man Parrish, Man Parrish, Man Parrish, Man Parrish.
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.