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 Mali and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Bobby Sherman to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Bizarre Inc.. All the underground hits.
All Absolute Body Control tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Joe Finger 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delta 5 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Skriet,
These Immortal Souls,
Arcadia,
Animal Collective,
Whodini,
Cymande,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
10cc,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Real Kids,
Sight & Sound,
The Neon Judgement,
Basic Channel,
The Misunderstood,
Newcleus,
Ultimate Spinach,
Bob Dylan,
Massinfluence,
Ronnie Foster,
Scrapy,
Gang of Four,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Lucky Dragons,
Goldenarms,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Dead C,
Eden Ahbez,
Little Man,
L. Decosne,
Andrew Hill,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Arab on Radar,
Kas Product,
Joe Finger,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Skarface,
JFA,
Kenny Larkin,
Pulsallama,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Loose Ends,
Joyce Sims,
Bizarre Inc.,
The Smoke,
Lower 48,
Johnny Clarke,
Hot Snakes,
Vainqueur,
Marc Almond,
The Fire Engines,
Brothers Johnson,
Sam Rivers,
Barbara Tucker,
Mo-Dettes,
MC5,
Faust,
Aural Exciters,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp, Archie Shepp.
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.