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 Bolivia and from Philadelphia.
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 1968 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Rotary Connection to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. All the underground hits.
All Quadrant tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Erykah Badu 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Blues Magoos,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
James Chance & The Contortions,
cv313,
Arcadia,
B.T. Express,
Aural Exciters,
Fluxion,
Banda Bassotti,
The Divine Comedy,
Oblivians,
Cecil Taylor,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
New Age Steppers,
The Dave Clark Five,
Donald Byrd,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Delta 5,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Gichy Dan,
Pulsallama,
Darondo,
Lou Reed,
Jesper Dahlback,
Nick Fraelich,
T. Rex,
The Techniques,
The Index,
Wally Richardson,
Model 500,
Stockholm Monsters,
Rhythm & Sound,
Neu!,
Duran Duran,
LL Cool J,
Nik Kershaw,
Fad Gadget,
The Cowsills,
Nico,
Iggy Pop,
The Standells,
Alison Limerick,
The Flesh Eaters,
Basic Channel,
Ornette Coleman,
James White and The Blacks,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Jimmy McGriff,
Jeff Lynne,
Visage,
The Misunderstood,
Brothers Johnson,
The Electric Prunes,
Sly & The Family Stone,
K-Klass,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Marc Almond,
The Saints,
Black Moon,
The Human League, The Human League, The Human League, The Human League.
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.