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 Kosovo and from Stockholm.
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 1962 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Jakarta.
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 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 David Bowie 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 Velvet Underground 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 One Last Wish. All the underground hits.
All The Selecter tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every These Immortal Souls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 linndrum and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dual Sessions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lou Christie,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Ash Ra Tempel,
James Chance & The Contortions,
K-Klass,
Ten City,
X-101,
Robert Hood,
Alton Ellis,
Nik Kershaw,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Pantaleimon,
The Music Machine,
Steve Hackett,
Alison Limerick,
Reuben Wilson,
Cameo,
Ronan,
Scrapy,
Grandmaster Flash,
Hoover,
Eric B and Rakim,
Maurizio,
Barclay James Harvest,
Ludus,
Smog,
Mr. Review,
Flamin' Groovies,
Absolute Body Control,
Desert Stars,
Yazoo,
Television,
Robert Wyatt,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Negative Approach,
Junior Murvin,
Tom Boy,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Bauhaus,
The Associates,
Todd Terry,
Brass Construction,
the Sonics,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Gichy Dan,
Lyres,
Eurythmics,
Y Pants,
Mary Jane Girls,
Black Moon,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Fat Boys,
The Buckinghams,
U.S. Maple,
June Days,
Minnie Riperton,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Slave,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Gang Green, Gang Green, Gang Green, Gang Green.
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.