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 Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide 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 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 The Moleskins to the dance 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 Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan. All the underground hits.
All Make Up tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Tremeloes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 linndrum and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lee Hazlewood record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ralphi Rosario,
Nas,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Warren Ellis,
The Modern Lovers,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Second Layer,
Ultravox,
Eve St. Jones,
K-Klass,
Amon Düül II,
Chris Corsano,
Lou Reed,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Ohio Players,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Nation of Ulysses,
Groovy Waters,
Joe Smooth,
The Real Kids,
the Swans,
The Doobie Brothers,
PIL,
The Stooges,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Lakeside,
Spandau Ballet,
Bill Wells,
The Cowsills,
Fela Kuti,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Charles Mingus,
Average White Band,
Con Funk Shun,
Spoonie Gee,
Agitation Free,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Eurythmics,
Public Image Ltd.,
Nico,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Eden Ahbez,
Pharoah Sanders,
Bobbi Humphrey,
The Selecter,
Basic Channel,
The Sonics,
Ornette Coleman,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Max Romeo,
8 Eyed Spy,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Rhythm & Sound,
Chrome,
Jandek,
Johnny Osbourne,
The Smiths,
Outsiders,
Oneida,
Model 500,
Nik Kershaw,
a-ha,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown.
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.