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 Somalia and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1965 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Copenhagen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Sonics to the punk 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 The Invisible. All the underground hits.
All Idris Muhammad tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Gap Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 an organ and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Schoolly D record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer 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 Neon Judgement,
Brand Nubian,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Birthday Party,
Eric Copeland,
A Certain Ratio,
The Mummies,
8 Eyed Spy,
T.S.O.L.,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Althea and Donna,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Ossler,
The Index,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Barry Ungar,
Don Cherry,
The Gories,
Dave Gahan,
Ohio Players,
Skaos,
Jawbox,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Funky Four + One,
Zapp,
Babytalk,
Chris & Cosey,
Chrome,
David Bowie,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Barracudas,
DJ Style,
Eurythmics,
Ultra Naté,
Rotary Connection,
Moss Icon,
cv313,
Tubeway Army,
The Angels of Light,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Peter and Kerry,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Surgeon,
Quadrant,
Lindisfarne,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Hasil Adkins,
Eve St. Jones,
the Normal,
Black Pus,
Essential Logic,
Fear,
Sparks,
The Zeros,
Faraquet,
Cymande,
Piero Umiliani,
Panda Bear,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest, Barclay James Harvest.
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.