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 China and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 It's A Beautiful Day to the electroclash 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 Clear Light. All the underground hits.
All Grey Daturas tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Techniques 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a the Fania All-Stars record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Camberwell Now,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Donny Hathaway,
Gichy Dan,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Vogues,
Gregory Isaacs,
Fear,
the Fania All-Stars,
Al Stewart,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Lindisfarne,
Henry Cow,
Gabor Szabo,
Robert Hood,
Moss Icon,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Con Funk Shun,
June Days,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jeru the Damaja,
Amon Düül II,
The Seeds,
Junior Murvin,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Derrick Morgan,
Pere Ubu,
X-102,
Johnny Osbourne,
Icehouse,
Pulsallama,
Ultravox,
Josef K,
Terry Callier,
Cal Tjader,
Delta 5,
Sun Ra,
The Walker Brothers,
John Cale,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
The Grass Roots,
Kerri Chandler,
Loose Ends,
Wasted Youth,
Easy Going,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Soulsonic Force,
Harpers Bizarre,
Crash Course in Science,
Lou Christie,
U.S. Maple,
F. McDonald,
The Star Department,
Babytalk,
The Tremeloes,
The Slackers,
Alphaville,
Minnie Riperton,
Davy DMX,
The Blackbyrds,
T.S.O.L., T.S.O.L., T.S.O.L., T.S.O.L..
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.