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 Kazakhstan and from Madrid.
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 1965 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Ponytail to the disco 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 Joy Division. All the underground hits.
All Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every MC5 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a FM Einheit record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Blancmange,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Peter & Gordon,
Khruangbin,
Make Up,
Laurel Aitken,
The Fuzztones,
Oneida,
D'Angelo,
Eurythmics,
Joe Finger,
Slave,
Quantec,
Robert Hood,
Wally Richardson,
David Axelrod,
Delta 5,
Unwound,
Stiv Bators,
New Order,
Can,
Symarip,
Saccharine Trust,
Index,
Kevin Saunderson,
Eric B and Rakim,
Marvin Gaye,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
The Doobie Brothers,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Lalo Schifrin,
Black Sheep,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Joyce Sims,
Fear,
Reuben Wilson,
kango's stein massive,
Livin' Joy,
Colin Newman,
Rites of Spring,
Sun City Girls,
Dennis Brown,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Names,
Sonic Youth,
Faraquet,
Accadde A,
The Grass Roots,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Nas,
Eli Mardock,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Roger Hodgson,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Audionom,
Country Teasers,
The Move,
Bill Near,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Deakin,
It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day, It's A Beautiful Day.
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.