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 Uganda and from New York.
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 1964 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Liliput to the dance kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Oneida. All the underground hits.
All Be Bop Deluxe tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sound Behaviour record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sällskapet record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Gregory Isaacs,
X-Ray Spex,
Bizarre Inc.,
Don Cherry,
The Real Kids,
Little Man,
a-ha,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Techniques,
Josef K,
Subhumans,
Scan 7,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Minnie Riperton,
Deepchord,
10cc,
Lou Christie,
This Heat,
Rekid,
Royal Trux,
Franke,
Lyres,
Metal Thangz,
Con Funk Shun,
The Skatalites,
Lucky Dragons,
Sound Behaviour,
Jeru the Damaja,
Piero Umiliani,
Cabaret Voltaire,
The Cowsills,
Massinfluence,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Marc Almond,
Minny Pops,
Fad Gadget,
Intrusion,
Bang On A Can,
Kayak,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Flash Fearless,
Heaven 17,
Donald Byrd,
Amazonics,
Sight & Sound,
Warren Ellis,
The Gories,
The Monochrome Set,
Motorama,
New Order,
Man Parrish,
Aural Exciters,
The J.B.'s,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Ultravox,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Prince Buster,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Offenders,
Von Mondo, Von Mondo, Von Mondo, Von Mondo.
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.