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 Paraguay and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Be Bop Deluxe to the funk 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 The Golliwogs. All the underground hits.
All Mr. Review tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Andrew Hill 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kango’s Stein Massive record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Minnie Riperton,
Agitation Free,
Barrington Levy,
Basic Channel,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Main Source,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Ponytail,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Happenings,
Make Up,
The Standells,
ABC,
Wire,
Kool Moe Dee,
Zero Boys,
Ultra Naté,
X-102,
Joyce Sims,
Symarip,
Siglo XX,
Isaac Hayes,
Skarface,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Bauhaus,
Sixth Finger,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Depeche Mode,
Cameo,
The Skatalites,
Ludus,
The Sisters of Mercy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Pantaleimon,
The Remains,
kango's stein massive,
Half Japanese,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Sandy B,
Pet Shop Boys,
Jeff Mills,
Hoover,
Kevin Saunderson,
One Last Wish,
Freddie Wadling,
Roger Hodgson,
Bush Tetras,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Unwound,
Suburban Knight,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Eric B and Rakim,
Negative Approach,
Graham Central Station,
Duran Duran,
Quando Quango,
Byron Stingily,
Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach, Ultimate Spinach.
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.