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 Macedonia and from Cairo.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the marimba 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 Toni Rubio to the jazz 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 Brass Construction. All the underground hits.
All Subhumans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Vogues record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Harpers Bizarre record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
The Golliwogs,
Tim Buckley,
10cc,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Jawbox,
Eden Ahbez,
Sonny Sharrock,
Grauzone,
Oneida,
The Index,
Average White Band,
the Swans,
Slave,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Soulsonic Force,
Metal Thangz,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Delon & Dalcan,
Barrington Levy,
Hot Snakes,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Birthday Party,
Ice-T,
F. McDonald,
Delta 5,
Fort Wilson Riot,
DJ Style,
Rites of Spring,
UT,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Man Parrish,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Marine Girls,
Ultravox,
The Blues Magoos,
KRS-One,
Howard Jones,
Yellowson,
Black Sheep,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Main Source,
Arcadia,
John Coltrane,
Circle Jerks,
Barry Ungar,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Crooked Eye,
E-Dancer,
The Human League,
Faraquet,
Scrapy,
Bobby Womack,
The Divine Comedy,
Jesper Dahlback,
Lightning Bolt,
The Mojo Men,
Alphaville, Alphaville, Alphaville, Alphaville.
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.