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 Belarus and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Accra and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ 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 The Dirtbombs to the punk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Tim Buckley. All the underground hits.
All Grauzone tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Little Man record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Joey Negro,
Jesper Dahlback,
Warren Ellis,
Gong,
Flipper,
Stereo Dub,
Jacob Miller,
The Gap Band,
New Order,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Gregory Isaacs,
Piero Umiliani,
The Associates,
Brass Construction,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Eddi Front,
Public Enemy,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Lungfish,
Guru Guru,
Thompson Twins,
Danielle Patucci,
Maurizio,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Ralphi Rosario,
Nas,
Harpers Bizarre,
CMW,
Negative Approach,
Grey Daturas,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Kayak,
Lakeside,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Mo-Dettes,
The Zeros,
Shoche,
Nils Olav,
Johnny Clarke,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Techniques,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Gang Green,
Visage,
Kenny Larkin,
LL Cool J,
Roger Hodgson,
Sugar Minott,
The Evens,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Doobie Brothers,
Gichy Dan,
Crispian St. Peters,
Groovy Waters,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
World's Most,
This Heat,
Bob Dylan,
Ronnie Foster,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Schoolly D,
Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot, Fort Wilson Riot.
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.