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 Paraguay and from Columbus.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 theremin 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 The Knickerbockers to the techno kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Sound. All the underground hits.
All the Swans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dennis Brown record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gerry Rafferty record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
X-102,
Lucky Dragons,
Barry Ungar,
Lou Christie,
Kerrie Biddell,
Johnny Osbourne,
Kevin Saunderson,
Severed Heads,
Yazoo,
The Martian,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
La Düsseldorf,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Tears for Fears,
Simply Red,
Prince Buster,
Kurtis Blow,
Magma,
The Velvet Underground,
Audionom,
Idris Muhammad,
Ohio Players,
The Seeds,
T.S.O.L.,
Bad Manners,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Metal Thangz,
Glambeats Corp.,
10cc,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Curtis Mayfield,
Chris & Cosey,
Throbbing Gristle,
Mo-Dettes,
Stereo Dub,
Trumans Water,
Reagan Youth,
Nirvana,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Invisible,
kango's stein massive,
Brick,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Das Ding,
the Association,
The Dave Clark Five,
Bauhaus,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Moleskins,
Neil Young,
Franke,
Todd Terry,
The Durutti Column,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Clear Light,
Grandmaster Flash,
Eurythmics,
New Order,
Minor Threat,
The Moody Blues,
Guru Guru,
EPMD, EPMD, EPMD, EPMD.
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.