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 Latvia and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Spoonie Gee to the disco kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Ronnie Foster. All the underground hits.
All Loose Ends tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Prince Buster record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 synthesizer and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Slick Rick record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fugs,
Rhythm & Sound,
Rod Modell,
Donny Hathaway,
Cybotron,
Simply Red,
The Sonics,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Stooges,
FM Einheit,
The Moody Blues,
Camouflage,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Robert Wyatt,
Lalo Schifrin,
Jeff Lynne,
The Five Americans,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Gladiators,
Suicide,
The Leaves,
X-102,
Eden Ahbez,
Crispian St. Peters,
Peter & Gordon,
Pussy Galore,
The Cowsills,
The Walker Brothers,
Kevin Saunderson,
Byron Stingily,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Delon & Dalcan,
Hashim,
Minnie Riperton,
Josef K,
The Fire Engines,
DJ Sneak,
Alison Limerick,
Blake Baxter,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Maurizio,
Gang of Four,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Ten City,
David McCallum,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Deepchord,
These Immortal Souls,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Warren Ellis,
Amon Düül,
New Age Steppers,
The Busters,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Sight & Sound,
Boogie Down Productions,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Lou Reed,
Marmalade,
Flipper,
The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds, The Mighty Diamonds.
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.