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 St Lucia and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Connie Case to the disco 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 Model 500. All the underground hits.
All The Music Machine tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aswad record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Simply Red record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Man Parrish,
Bobby Sherman,
The Standells,
The Electric Prunes,
Donny Hathaway,
Sällskapet,
Arab on Radar,
The Smiths,
Barclay James Harvest,
Minor Threat,
Ituana,
Graham Central Station,
Eric Copeland,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Golliwogs,
Tears for Fears,
Rotary Connection,
Roxy Music,
Kerrie Biddell,
Pagans,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Whodini,
Television,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Gastr Del Sol,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Mojo Men,
Supertramp,
Eurythmics,
Peter & Gordon,
Depeche Mode,
the Sonics,
Carl Craig,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Subhumans,
the Normal,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Main Source,
The Mummies,
Adolescents,
Pierre Henry,
Charles Mingus,
cv313,
The Vogues,
Mandrill,
Cameo,
The Red Krayola,
Ornette Coleman,
The J.B.'s,
Wasted Youth,
Stiv Bators,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Japan,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
the Germs,
Isaac Hayes,
New York Dolls,
T. Rex,
Jawbox,
The Names,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan, Delon & Dalcan.
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.