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 Kenya and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1967 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Basic Channel to the electroclash kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 John Lydon. All the underground hits.
All Skaos tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visage record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 a mellotron and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Minutemen record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Black Pus,
Quando Quango,
Gang of Four,
kango's stein massive,
The Gun Club,
The Seeds,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Altered Images,
the Human League,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Cramps,
Barbara Tucker,
Camouflage,
The Trojans,
Lou Christie,
The American Breed,
Eden Ahbez,
Lucky Dragons,
Boz Scaggs,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Technova,
Monks,
Eli Mardock,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
the Germs,
Albert Ayler,
The Star Department,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Symarip,
Gabor Szabo,
Drive Like Jehu,
Sam Rivers,
Minny Pops,
Groovy Waters,
Frankie Knuckles,
Second Layer,
10cc,
Boredoms,
The Real Kids,
Main Source,
Bob Dylan,
Excepter,
Siglo XX,
Zero Boys,
Brick,
The Misunderstood,
Suicide,
Public Image Ltd.,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Connie Case,
Stereo Dub,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Buzzcocks,
The Techniques,
Todd Rundgren,
Jandek,
The Birthday Party,
Ronan,
Ossler,
Sun Ra,
Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II.
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.