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 Syria and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1968 at the first Can practice in a loft in Cologne.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Curtis Mayfield to the crunk 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 The Index. All the underground hits.
All Grauzone tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Con Funk Shun record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rites of Spring record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ken Boothe,
Slick Rick,
Zapp,
Massinfluence,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Johnny Osbourne,
the Fania All-Stars,
Sandy B,
10cc,
Anthony Braxton,
Marmalade,
The Gun Club,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Cure,
Marvin Gaye,
Groovy Waters,
Juan Atkins,
Model 500,
Heaven 17,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Marc Almond,
Hardrive,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Das Ding,
Quadrant,
Danielle Patucci,
Rosa Yemen,
Funky Four + One,
Boz Scaggs,
Scrapy,
Yusef Lateef,
Lucky Dragons,
B.T. Express,
Robert Görl,
Eden Ahbez,
Man Parrish,
Davy DMX,
Young Marble Giants,
In Retrospect,
Thompson Twins,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Babytalk,
World's Most,
The Monochrome Set,
Laurel Aitken,
Ludus,
ABC,
K-Klass,
John Foxx,
Moebius,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Von Mondo,
Swell Maps,
Kas Product,
Grey Daturas,
The Birthday Party,
Camberwell Now,
Franke,
Althea and Donna,
Joyce Sims,
Ponytail,
Masters at Work,
Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers, Aloha Tigers.
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.