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 Rwanda and from Mexico City.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Flash Fearless 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 Ornette Coleman. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra Arkestra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Janne Schatter 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a It's A Beautiful Day record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Animal Collective,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Lyres,
Cabaret Voltaire,
OOIOO,
Basic Channel,
Eric Copeland,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Fugs,
Letta Mbulu,
Sex Pistols,
Unrelated Segments,
The Monochrome Set,
The Dirtbombs,
Jacob Miller,
Flamin' Groovies,
Faust,
Josef K,
Alison Limerick,
Minny Pops,
Thee Headcoats,
The Cosmic Jokers,
10cc,
Aswad,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Donny Hathaway,
Carl Craig,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Skriet,
the Germs,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Pet Shop Boys,
U.S. Maple,
The Monks,
Scratch Acid,
Surgeon,
Moss Icon,
Gang Green,
The Mojo Men,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
New York Dolls,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Crooked Eye,
Soft Machine,
Bobby Byrd,
John Cale,
Yaz,
Scion,
Simply Red,
JFA,
Jeff Lynne,
Minor Threat,
the Swans,
the Bar-Kays,
Technova,
The Cowsills,
The Trojans,
Saccharine Trust,
Johnny Osbourne,
Wings,
ABC,
Delon & Dalcan,
Con Funk Shun, Con Funk Shun, Con Funk Shun, Con Funk Shun.
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.