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 Tanzania and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the harpsichord sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Half Japanese to the rap 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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All Groovy Waters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joe Finger record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Tom Boy 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?
Interpol,
Kerrie Biddell,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Matthew Bourne,
The Fire Engines,
Basic Channel,
The Detroit Cobras,
Agent Orange,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Techniques,
MC5,
New York Dolls,
R.M.O.,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Seeds,
Dave Gahan,
the Slits,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Anakelly,
Barrington Levy,
Funkadelic,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
48th St. Collective,
Babytalk,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Warsaw,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Thee Headcoats,
The Wake,
Nik Kershaw,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
DJ Sneak,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Symarip,
Sister Nancy,
Siglo XX,
Fad Gadget,
The Blackbyrds,
Vainqueur,
the Soft Cell,
The Standells,
the Fania All-Stars,
Sixth Finger,
Aloha Tigers,
The Sound,
Fela Kuti,
Girls At Our Best!,
Althea and Donna,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Alphaville,
Sun City Girls,
Smog,
Can,
Mantronix,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Kas Product,
Roxette,
Avey Tare,
OOIOO,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Eric Copeland, Eric Copeland, Eric Copeland, Eric Copeland.
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.