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 Maldives and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Rapeman to the funk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic. All the underground hits.
All Marine Girls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Royal Family And The Poor record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
John Foxx,
The Monks,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Alison Limerick,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Glambeats Corp.,
Flipper,
Parry Music,
The Velvet Underground,
Bobby Sherman,
The Zeros,
Yazoo,
Bang On A Can,
Boogie Down Productions,
The Doors,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Joy Division,
The Barracudas,
Joe Smooth,
The Residents,
Ohio Players,
Brothers Johnson,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Nils Olav,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ralphi Rosario,
PIL,
These Immortal Souls,
Country Teasers,
Pierre Henry,
Stereo Dub,
Terry Callier,
The Moleskins,
the Human League,
John Lydon,
a-ha,
The Fall,
The Beau Brummels,
Harmonia,
Grey Daturas,
Kurtis Blow,
H. Thieme,
Shoche,
Das Ding,
Desert Stars,
Skriet,
Robert Görl,
Magma,
Hot Snakes,
Fear,
John Coltrane,
The Raincoats,
Kevin Saunderson,
CMW,
Scan 7,
The Grass Roots,
Sällskapet,
The Birthday Party,
Alice Coltrane,
Moby Grape,
Audionom,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.