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 Bulgaria and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch to the electroclash 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 Jacob Miller. All the underground hits.
All The Jesus and Mary Chain tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every CMW record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gary Puckett & The Union Gap record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scientists,
Bauhaus,
Dave Gahan,
Visage,
Grey Daturas,
Hasil Adkins,
Sandy B,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Make Up,
Sun Ra,
Tomorrow,
Archie Shepp,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Aloha Tigers,
Matthew Bourne,
Rakim,
Hot Snakes,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Unwound,
Aaron Thompson,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Simply Red,
Bill Near,
The Real Kids,
Audionom,
Cybotron,
Jerry Gold Smith,
David Axelrod,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Todd Rundgren,
Lalann,
The Knickerbockers,
These Immortal Souls,
The Human League,
Popol Vuh,
Flash Fearless,
Symarip,
Chris & Cosey,
Piero Umiliani,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Mantronix,
Loose Ends,
Echospace,
Nas,
Judy Mowatt,
John Cale,
The Pretty Things,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Bronski Beat,
Marine Girls,
Donald Byrd,
Sällskapet,
The Offenders,
The Fugs,
The Techniques,
Camberwell Now,
EPMD,
Livin' Joy,
Japan,
Rites of Spring,
MC5, MC5, MC5, MC5.
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.