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 Nigeria and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Talk Talk to the dance kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Q and Not U. All the underground hits.
All Leonard Cohen tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Amon Düül II record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Liaisons Dangereuses record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare,
Andrew Hill,
OOIOO,
The Red Krayola,
Minor Threat,
Marshall Jefferson,
Popol Vuh,
Marmalade,
Spoonie Gee,
the Slits,
the Fania All-Stars,
Arab on Radar,
Prince Buster,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Jeff Mills,
Lightning Bolt,
Pere Ubu,
Magma,
EPMD,
Joe Smooth,
Anthony Braxton,
Leonard Cohen,
Lower 48,
Tim Buckley,
Janne Schatter,
Mr. Review,
Lou Reed,
Juan Atkins,
Yaz,
Clear Light,
DJ Style,
Quadrant,
Sparks,
Sex Pistols,
Todd Terry,
The Buckinghams,
Groovy Waters,
Interpol,
Nas,
Joensuu 1685,
Arcadia,
Jeru the Damaja,
Y Pants,
Duran Duran,
The J.B.'s,
The Alarm Clocks,
Junior Murvin,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Tomorrow,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Kurtis Blow,
Lyres,
The Invisible,
Eric B and Rakim,
Nik Kershaw,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Ohio Players,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
The Five Americans,
UT,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis.
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.