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 Kiribati and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1964 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Bob Dylan to the disco 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 Erasure. All the underground hits.
All Carl Craig tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DeepChord presents Echospace record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dennis Brown record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
KRS-One,
Todd Rundgren,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Accadde A,
B.T. Express,
Kool Moe Dee,
Mo-Dettes,
Bronski Beat,
Gerry Rafferty,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Tubeway Army,
The Velvet Underground,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Jawbox,
Eve St. Jones,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
AZ,
Byron Stingily,
F. McDonald,
Boredoms,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Rufus Thomas,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Tropical Tobacco,
Radiopuhelimet,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
The Victims,
X-102,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Lou Reed,
Glenn Branca,
Brand Nubian,
Icehouse,
Delta 5,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Peter & Gordon,
MC5,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Soulsonic Force,
Godley & Creme,
Minnie Riperton,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Stooges,
Robert Hood,
kango's stein massive,
Quantec,
Unwound,
Junior Murvin,
John Cale,
Kenny Larkin,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
The Buckinghams,
Livin' Joy,
Chris Corsano,
Lalann,
Television Personalities,
Barry Ungar,
Al Stewart,
Bill Near,
The Vogues,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.