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 Spain and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Taipei and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the theremin 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 Letta Mbulu to the grunge 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 Radiohead. All the underground hits.
All The Blues Magoos tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every LL Cool J record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 an organ and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Prince Buster record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Young Marble Giants,
Dual Sessions,
Quadrant,
Oneida,
One Last Wish,
Bobby Sherman,
Thompson Twins,
David McCallum,
Frankie Knuckles,
David Bowie,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Sonny Sharrock,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Boz Scaggs,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Junior Murvin,
Brand Nubian,
The Human League,
James White and The Blacks,
Nas,
Rod Modell,
The Kinks,
Gastr Del Sol,
Japan,
Easy Going,
Lucky Dragons,
Marc Almond,
Slave,
Graham Central Station,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Kevin Saunderson,
Rakim,
Pussy Galore,
The Offenders,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Index,
Gabor Szabo,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Roxy Music,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Theoretical Girls,
Nico,
Ornette Coleman,
Charles Mingus,
Jeff Lynne,
Symarip,
The Detroit Cobras,
Donald Byrd,
Bang On A Can,
The Barracudas,
Alice Coltrane,
The Stooges,
the Fania All-Stars,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Velvet Underground,
The Count Five,
The Flesh Eaters,
Funkadelic,
Lightning Bolt,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.