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 Eritrea and from Manchester.
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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Sun Ra Arkestra to the funk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Ultramagnetic MC's. All the underground hits.
All Josef K tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Youth Brigade record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 harpsichord and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eric Dolphy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Soul II Soul,
Agitation Free,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Mad Mike,
Amon Düül II,
Dave Gahan,
Tomorrow,
Aloha Tigers,
Man Parrish,
PIL,
Monks,
Marc Almond,
Toni Rubio,
Grey Daturas,
Boredoms,
X-101,
Girls At Our Best!,
Anakelly,
Agent Orange,
Siglo XX,
Mars,
the Human League,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Gastr Del Sol,
Buzzcocks,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The Young Rascals,
Moss Icon,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Offenders,
Newcleus,
Saccharine Trust,
Youth Brigade,
The New Christs,
Talk Talk,
Drexciya,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Minor Threat,
Juan Atkins,
Cymande,
The J.B.'s,
Steve Hackett,
David Bowie,
Sandy B,
The Flesh Eaters,
Q65,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Gun Club,
Metal Thangz,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Marcia Griffiths,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Groovy Waters,
John Holt,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Junior Murvin,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Birthday Party,
Goldenarms,
Tubeway Army, Tubeway Army, Tubeway Army, Tubeway Army.
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.