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 South Africa and from Lagos.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the oboe 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 10cc to the funk kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Fortunes. All the underground hits.
All Kings Of Tomorrow tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anakelly record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a X-101 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Flash Fearless,
Moss Icon,
Deakin,
Robert Wyatt,
the Human League,
The Cure,
Masters at Work,
Vladislav Delay,
Mad Mike,
Quadrant,
Hardrive,
Sam Rivers,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Barry Ungar,
In Retrospect,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Golliwogs,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Lyres,
Yellowson,
Scion,
Outsiders,
Marshall Jefferson,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Delon & Dalcan,
Second Layer,
Cymande,
Joensuu 1685,
the Germs,
Arab on Radar,
Dark Day,
Television,
Livin' Joy,
Max Romeo,
Gastr Del Sol,
Ralphi Rosario,
Malaria!,
Oblivians,
Minny Pops,
Inner City,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Bootsy Collins,
David McCallum,
Brand Nubian,
Shuggie Otis,
Darondo,
One Last Wish,
Pierre Henry,
The Music Machine,
Neu!,
The American Breed,
The Birthday Party,
Archie Shepp,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Pantaleimon,
Cameo,
Animal Collective,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Eli Mardock,
John Holt,
Fatback Band,
Jeff Mills, Jeff Mills, Jeff Mills, Jeff Mills.
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.