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 Tunisia and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Flipper to the rap kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Velvet Underground. All the underground hits.
All Ludus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Move 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Mummies record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Josef K,
Isaac Hayes,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Ossler,
Television,
Sun Ra,
Roxy Music,
Glenn Branca,
Godley & Creme,
Eurythmics,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Brothers Johnson,
The New Christs,
The Toasters,
Todd Terry,
The Residents,
Peter & Gordon,
Public Enemy,
Severed Heads,
Thompson Twins,
Kerri Chandler,
Ice-T,
Agitation Free,
Jacob Miller,
Jawbox,
Accadde A,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Gang of Four,
Tears for Fears,
Index,
Johnny Clarke,
Morten Harket,
The Dead C,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Ponytail,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Spandau Ballet,
Sarah Menescal,
Masters at Work,
Infiniti,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Deepchord,
Von Mondo,
Lou Christie,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Mighty Diamonds,
48th St. Collective,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The Young Rascals,
Mark Hollis,
Bush Tetras,
Amon Düül,
Motorama,
Model 500,
EPMD,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Dawn Penn,
La Düsseldorf,
The Zeros,
Roy Ayers,
Eric Copeland,
New York Dolls,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.