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 Madagascar and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the güiro 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 Scan 7 to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 10cc. All the underground hits.
All The Associates tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nik Kershaw record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Carl Craig record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Residents,
Wolf Eyes,
The Victims,
Girls At Our Best!,
U.S. Maple,
China Crisis,
The Buckinghams,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Kool Moe Dee,
Echospace,
Jeff Lynne,
Oneida,
Brass Construction,
Davy DMX,
The Raincoats,
Jandek,
The Young Rascals,
Faraquet,
The Birthday Party,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Subhumans,
The Mummies,
Desert Stars,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Bronski Beat,
Qualms,
Blake Baxter,
The Neon Judgement,
Kayak,
The Techniques,
Malaria!,
Sonny Sharrock,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Deepchord,
Morten Harket,
Porter Ricks,
John Foxx,
Graham Central Station,
The Evens,
Crooked Eye,
The Knickerbockers,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Pole,
The Toasters,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
One Last Wish,
Popol Vuh,
Quantec,
Youth Brigade,
Parry Music,
Pere Ubu,
10cc,
Gong,
Zapp,
Marshall Jefferson,
Quadrant,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Shoche,
Crash Course in Science,
PIL, PIL, PIL, PIL.
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.