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 Guinea and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 synthesizer 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 Fugs to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 De La Soul & Jungle Brothers. All the underground hits.
All Grandmaster Flash tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every X-102 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 theremin and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Mary Jane Girls record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Angels of Light,
Idris Muhammad,
the Human League,
Kevin Saunderson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Motions,
Dawn Penn,
The Doors,
Qualms,
Glenn Branca,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Jawbox,
The Cramps,
Don Cherry,
Jacob Miller,
Guru Guru,
The Trojans,
James White and The Blacks,
Wings,
Siglo XX,
Gang Gang Dance,
Second Layer,
Nick Fraelich,
Bill Wells,
Absolute Body Control,
Quando Quango,
Lalo Schifrin,
Delta 5,
Brass Construction,
Average White Band,
Altered Images,
Half Japanese,
Connie Case,
Kayak,
Ultimate Spinach,
Slave,
Schoolly D,
Deepchord,
Easy Going,
The Names,
The Sonics,
Drexciya,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Bush Tetras,
Ponytail,
Panda Bear,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
The Martian,
The Wake,
Toni Rubio,
Steve Hackett,
Piero Umiliani,
Tubeway Army,
Ossler,
Cluster,
Aaron Thompson,
Minor Threat,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Gichy Dan,
Dave Gahan,
Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators, Stiv Bators.
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.