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 Qatar and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Young Rascals to the dance 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 Bronski Beat. All the underground hits.
All This Heat tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Steve Hackett record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lee Hazlewood record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Letta Mbulu,
Stereo Dub,
Hashim,
Pere Ubu,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Metal Thangz,
Subhumans,
the Swans,
Derrick May,
Sarah Menescal,
Black Bananas,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Marvin Gaye,
Lou Reed,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Wings,
The Black Dice,
JFA,
Theoretical Girls,
Technova,
The Residents,
Bang On A Can,
Kool Moe Dee,
Tim Buckley,
Idris Muhammad,
Erykah Badu,
Archie Shepp,
Frankie Knuckles,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Eddi Front,
Amon Düül II,
DJ Sneak,
Gil Scott Heron,
Fela Kuti,
Accadde A,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Monks,
U.S. Maple,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Matthew Halsall,
Lebanon Hanover,
Anthony Braxton,
Smog,
Flipper,
L. Decosne,
The Slackers,
Radiopuhelimet,
The Motions,
Magma,
Bluetip,
Masters at Work,
Grey Daturas,
Harpers Bizarre,
Outsiders,
June Days,
Tres Demented,
Sexual Harrassment,
Moebius,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Country Teasers, Country Teasers, Country Teasers, Country Teasers.
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.