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 Uruguay and from Columbus.
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 1963 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Winnipeg 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Amon Düül to the disco kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Franke. All the underground hits.
All Lucky Dragons tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Terrestrial Tones record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 a theremin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Symarip record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jimmy McGriff,
Qualms,
Connie Case,
Mandrill,
Hot Snakes,
The Kinks,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Big Daddy Kane,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Eric B and Rakim,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Alice Coltrane,
Sandy B,
John Lydon,
David Axelrod,
Clear Light,
Mary Jane Girls,
Janne Schatter,
Judy Mowatt,
Q65,
Donald Byrd,
Maleditus Sound,
The Evens,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
the Normal,
Al Stewart,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Goldenarms,
Jeff Lynne,
This Heat,
Mark Hollis,
The Cure,
Gil Scott Heron,
Arcadia,
Funky Four + One,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Tommy Roe,
Technova,
Severed Heads,
Johnny Clarke,
Ronan,
Section 25,
Talk Talk,
Skarface,
The American Breed,
Lucky Dragons,
Royal Trux,
Boogie Down Productions,
James White and The Blacks,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Rhythm & Sound,
Sarah Menescal,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Magma,
Absolute Body Control,
Gichy Dan,
Delta 5,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Pantaleimon,
Sight & Sound,
Shuggie Otis,
Drexciya, Drexciya, Drexciya, Drexciya.
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.