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 Korea South and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and Bremen.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1976 at the first Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the theremin 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 Dave Clark Five to the dance 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 Yaz. All the underground hits.
All PIL tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every These Immortal Souls 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeff Mills record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Panda Bear,
Babytalk,
Chrome,
The Saints,
Yusef Lateef,
Fat Boys,
the Bar-Kays,
Sällskapet,
Pole,
Agitation Free,
Darondo,
the Soft Cell,
Sight & Sound,
The Cure,
Max Romeo,
Brass Construction,
The Slackers,
Drexciya,
The Happenings,
MDC,
the Human League,
Rakim,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Joensuu 1685,
Flash Fearless,
Neu!,
Dawn Penn,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Make Up,
EPMD,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Jawbox,
Lou Christie,
Eric B and Rakim,
Radio Birdman,
Monolake,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Sonny Sharrock,
Thee Headcoats,
Jeff Mills,
Amon Düül II,
This Heat,
Arab on Radar,
Easy Going,
Josef K,
Vladislav Delay,
Janne Schatter,
Letta Mbulu,
Spandau Ballet,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
the Slits,
Gil Scott Heron,
CMW,
The Moleskins,
Michelle Simonal,
Fatback Band,
New York Dolls,
John Cale,
The Associates,
Skaos,
Adolescents,
Deadbeat, Deadbeat, Deadbeat, Deadbeat.
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.