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 Iceland and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the snare 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 Ultramagnetic MC's to the rock kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 The Divine Comedy. All the underground hits.
All Metal Thangz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Royal Trux record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Roxy Music record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
ABBA,
Johnny Osbourne,
Skaos,
Lakeside,
Joy Division,
Dawn Penn,
Chris & Cosey,
Delon & Dalcan,
Arab on Radar,
Public Enemy,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Moss Icon,
Q and Not U,
Marmalade,
Radiohead,
Graham Central Station,
Sister Nancy,
David Axelrod,
K-Klass,
La Düsseldorf,
The Selecter,
Little Man,
Gerry Rafferty,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
cv313,
The Stooges,
Freddie Wadling,
Sound Behaviour,
FM Einheit,
Stiv Bators,
Urselle,
Ornette Coleman,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Morten Harket,
The Residents,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Sonics,
Roxy Music,
Ronnie Foster,
Aural Exciters,
John Coltrane,
The Move,
Joensuu 1685,
Sun Ra,
Alice Coltrane,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Isaac Hayes,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Fuzztones,
Average White Band,
OOIOO,
The Buckinghams,
Masters at Work,
Gichy Dan,
Iggy Pop,
The J.B.'s,
Rhythm & Sound,
Grandmaster Flash,
Josef K,
Susan Cadogan,
Swans,
Eric Copeland,
Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5, Delta 5.
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.