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 Sweden and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Edmonton and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 This Heat to the jazz kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Gichy Dan. All the underground hits.
All The Evens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every De La Soul & Jungle Brothers 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul II Soul record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sandy B,
Sight & Sound,
Minnie Riperton,
Gang Starr,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Vogues,
The Fortunes,
Minutemen,
Tom Boy,
Animal Collective,
Silicon Teens,
Cameo,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Public Image Ltd.,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Robert Hood,
Nas,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Zeros,
Tommy Roe,
Suburban Knight,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Tropical Tobacco,
Nik Kershaw,
Scan 7,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Happenings,
Gil Scott Heron,
David Bowie,
Rufus Thomas,
Darondo,
Stetsasonic,
The Martian,
Drive Like Jehu,
Robert Wyatt,
Donald Byrd,
Bluetip,
Oneida,
Robert Görl,
Harmonia,
Youth Brigade,
Fad Gadget,
Tim Buckley,
Simply Red,
T.S.O.L.,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Mission of Burma,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Easy Going,
Procol Harum,
Roxy Music,
Groovy Waters,
Junior Murvin,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Lungfish,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Fall,
Pere Ubu,
Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions, Boogie Down Productions.
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.