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 Thailand and from Portland.
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 1961 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Bobby Womack to the punk 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 Quadrant. All the underground hits.
All These Immortal Souls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Johnny Clarke 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Agitation Free 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?
Crime,
Ituana,
U.S. Maple,
Thee Headcoats,
Hoover,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Bronski Beat,
Dave Gahan,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Detroit Cobras,
Soul II Soul,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Glambeats Corp.,
Das Ding,
John Cale,
Joensuu 1685,
Slick Rick,
Sister Nancy,
Reagan Youth,
Fatback Band,
Newcleus,
Rotary Connection,
Sugar Minott,
Spandau Ballet,
Vainqueur,
Pierre Henry,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Yazoo,
Guru Guru,
ABBA,
Monks,
The Dave Clark Five,
EPMD,
Mr. Review,
Spoonie Gee,
Grandmaster Flash,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Tommy Roe,
The Pop Group,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Bobby Sherman,
UT,
Barry Ungar,
The Techniques,
John Foxx,
June Days,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
48th St. Collective,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Eddi Front,
the Swans,
The Alarm Clocks,
David Bowie,
The Stooges,
the Human League,
Jeru the Damaja,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Art Ensemble Of Chicago.
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.