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 Guyana and from Milan.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Sight & Sound to the dance kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Royal Family And The Poor. All the underground hits.
All The Alarm Clocks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic 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 an oboe and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gregory Isaacs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Tremeloes,
Yazoo,
Maleditus Sound,
DJ Sneak,
Kevin Saunderson,
Lightning Bolt,
The Shadows of Knight,
Magma,
Flipper,
The Fortunes,
Mary Jane Girls,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Saints,
Babytalk,
Cecil Taylor,
The Red Krayola,
Aural Exciters,
June Days,
The J.B.'s,
The Dirtbombs,
The Raincoats,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Mission of Burma,
The Barracudas,
Grandmaster Flash,
Stereo Dub,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
KRS-One,
Mandrill,
Alphaville,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
FM Einheit,
Andrew Hill,
The Vogues,
New Age Steppers,
Jacob Miller,
Procol Harum,
Fad Gadget,
Jeru the Damaja,
Amazonics,
John Cale,
Brick,
Joy Division,
Alison Limerick,
Harmonia,
Cluster,
Bob Dylan,
Sandy B,
R.M.O.,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Seeds,
Ornette Coleman,
DNA,
Eric Copeland,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Fugs,
Technova,
Goldenarms,
Ralphi Rosario,
Marmalade,
Roger Hodgson,
The Velvet Underground,
Aaron Thompson, Aaron Thompson, Aaron Thompson, Aaron Thompson.
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.