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 Malta and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 Nile Rodgers 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 Dave Clark Five to the rock 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 Roger Hodgson. All the underground hits.
All Skaos tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ten City record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 rhodes and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Andrew Hill record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ralphi Rosario,
Rosa Yemen,
Susan Cadogan,
Josef K,
Jeff Lynne,
Bush Tetras,
Lalo Schifrin,
Yusef Lateef,
Johnny Clarke,
Visage,
the Swans,
The Pop Group,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Raincoats,
Grauzone,
Harry Pussy,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Eyeless In Gaza,
A Certain Ratio,
Sparks,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Agent Orange,
Kurtis Blow,
Donny Hathaway,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Aswad,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Matthew Halsall,
The Golliwogs,
Arcadia,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Andrew Hill,
Nick Fraelich,
Dark Day,
FM Einheit,
Johnny Osbourne,
Brothers Johnson,
Curtis Mayfield,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Metal Thangz,
Peter & Gordon,
Index,
The Victims,
The Blues Magoos,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Colin Newman,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Royal Trux,
Toni Rubio,
Warsaw,
Niagra,
Bobby Sherman,
the Fania All-Stars,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Pet Shop Boys,
Ponytail,
Bobby Byrd,
PIL,
Boogie Down Productions,
Gong,
Sexual Harrassment, Sexual Harrassment, Sexual Harrassment, Sexual Harrassment.
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.