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 St Kitts & Nevis and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1960 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Manchester.
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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the snare 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 The American Breed to the grime kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Suburban Knight. All the underground hits.
All Lightning Bolt tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Stiv Bators record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 theremin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jerry Gold Smith record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ituana,
Bluetip,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Nils Olav,
Sonny Sharrock,
The Slackers,
Scientists,
Funky Four + One,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Drexciya,
Joey Negro,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Misunderstood,
The Birthday Party,
The Gap Band,
The Evens,
Patti Smith,
Ossler,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
10cc,
The Knickerbockers,
Johnny Osbourne,
Marcia Griffiths,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Joensuu 1685,
Rufus Thomas,
CMW,
Joe Finger,
Man Parrish,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Soul II Soul,
Das Ding,
The Raincoats,
Moss Icon,
The Alarm Clocks,
New York Dolls,
These Immortal Souls,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
ABC,
Yusef Lateef,
Audionom,
The Dave Clark Five,
Fluxion,
New Age Steppers,
Laurel Aitken,
Carl Craig,
Eve St. Jones,
JFA,
Theoretical Girls,
Cymande,
Ralphi Rosario,
Jandek,
Radio Birdman,
Alison Limerick,
Don Cherry,
Livin' Joy,
Joyce Sims,
The Human League,
This Heat,
The Leaves,
Henry Cow,
Wire,
Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson.
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.