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 Japan and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Mary Jane Girls to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 KRS-One. All the underground hits.
All Carl Craig tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eyeless In Gaza record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Selector Dub Narcotic record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Khruangbin,
Minor Threat,
Kayak,
The Last Poets,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Modern Lovers,
Barry Ungar,
David McCallum,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Monks,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Spandau Ballet,
Grandmaster Flash,
Ronan,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Grauzone,
The Selecter,
Brick,
Neu!,
Fluxion,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Davy DMX,
Skarface,
Roger Hodgson,
Laurel Aitken,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Jesper Dahlback,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Mojo Men,
Delta 5,
Avey Tare,
Absolute Body Control,
Massinfluence,
Pantytec,
Piero Umiliani,
Soul II Soul,
Boz Scaggs,
The Flesh Eaters,
kango's stein massive,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
The Residents,
The Monochrome Set,
Rapeman,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Model 500,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Make Up,
Kas Product,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
48th St. Collective,
Hot Snakes,
Wings,
Livin' Joy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
the Soft Cell,
Deepchord,
Cal Tjader,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Sonics,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Letta Mbulu, Letta Mbulu, Letta Mbulu, Letta Mbulu.
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.