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 Micronesia and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 The Kinks to the rock kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Severed Heads. All the underground hits.
All Graham Central Station tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Janne Schatter record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul Sonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Popol Vuh,
Circle Jerks,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Anakelly,
The Golliwogs,
Piero Umiliani,
Warren Ellis,
Nas,
Terrestrial Tones,
Marshall Jefferson,
Donald Byrd,
David McCallum,
Darondo,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
June of 44,
The Music Machine,
Marine Girls,
The Techniques,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Groovy Waters,
Roy Ayers,
Rosa Yemen,
Mars,
Dorothy Ashby,
David Axelrod,
Delta 5,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Vogues,
Andrew Hill,
Nick Fraelich,
Heaven 17,
Reuben Wilson,
Barry Ungar,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Gerry Rafferty,
10cc,
Visage,
Nation of Ulysses,
Massinfluence,
Eric B and Rakim,
Sarah Menescal,
Barclay James Harvest,
The Detroit Cobras,
Kurtis Blow,
Archie Shepp,
The Flesh Eaters,
Guru Guru,
The Skatalites,
Thee Headcoats,
Mission of Burma,
Duran Duran,
Spandau Ballet,
Eurythmics,
New York Dolls,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Goldenarms,
X-101,
Danielle Patucci,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd..
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.