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 Uruguay and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 güiro 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 Reagan Youth to the disco 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 Vainqueur. All the underground hits.
All Nik Kershaw tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every De La Soul & Jungle Brothers 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Delon & Dalcan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Urselle,
Little Man,
the Fania All-Stars,
10cc,
Neu!,
Loose Ends,
June of 44,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Sällskapet,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
The Motions,
Ken Boothe,
The Velvet Underground,
Sun City Girls,
Radiohead,
OOIOO,
Unrelated Segments,
Spandau Ballet,
Zero Boys,
The Remains,
Dead Boys,
Y Pants,
Ludus,
Piero Umiliani,
Archie Shepp,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Circle Jerks,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Joensuu 1685,
Bizarre Inc.,
Depeche Mode,
Gerry Rafferty,
Yellowson,
Black Moon,
Scrapy,
Slick Rick,
The Neon Judgement,
Drive Like Jehu,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Guru Guru,
Gong,
Skriet,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Fire Engines,
Jerry's Kids,
Ultra Naté,
Arcadia,
Tres Demented,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Donny Hathaway,
Glenn Branca,
Stetsasonic,
DJ Style,
Thee Headcoats,
Joe Finger,
Gang Green,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Human League,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Stereo Dub,
Crash Course in Science,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs, Notorious Big And Bone Thugs.
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.