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 France and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Brothers Johnson to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam. All the underground hits.
All Scientists tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ralphi Rosario 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Warsaw record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joy Division,
Theoretical Girls,
Max Romeo,
Eric Dolphy,
The Gories,
Tim Buckley,
Cymande,
A Flock of Seagulls,
The Barracudas,
New Age Steppers,
Sandy B,
Rod Modell,
Dorothy Ashby,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
D'Angelo,
Funky Four + One,
Soulsonic Force,
Eurythmics,
The Buckinghams,
Nick Fraelich,
Wire,
Bill Wells,
Hashim,
David Bowie,
Brand Nubian,
Inner City,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Gerry Rafferty,
Jandek,
Malaria!,
Archie Shepp,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Maleditus Sound,
Cybotron,
Make Up,
The Knickerbockers,
The New Christs,
Porter Ricks,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Nico,
Bobby Womack,
The Fugs,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Average White Band,
Joyce Sims,
The Blackbyrds,
Banda Bassotti,
Michelle Simonal,
Heaven 17,
Don Cherry,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Mr. Review,
Matthew Halsall,
Marcia Griffiths,
Delon & Dalcan,
Scan 7,
AZ,
Animal Collective,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
June Days,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog.
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.