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 Afghanistan and from Delhi.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Woodstock.
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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the marimba 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 The Trojans to the funk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Aswad. All the underground hits.
All Television Personalities tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Sonics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Amon Düül II record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jeff Mills,
June of 44,
Rotary Connection,
T. Rex,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Real Kids,
Joyce Sims,
Curtis Mayfield,
Niagra,
Suburban Knight,
Oblivians,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Lightning Bolt,
The Tremeloes,
Quando Quango,
The Skatalites,
Visage,
Althea and Donna,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Royal Trux,
Judy Mowatt,
Alphaville,
Gang Green,
Spoonie Gee,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
New York Dolls,
Public Image Ltd.,
Eddi Front,
Pharoah Sanders,
Soul II Soul,
cv313,
Essential Logic,
Cheater Slicks,
Bill Wells,
Ronan,
Soulsonic Force,
Sound Behaviour,
Man Parrish,
Make Up,
Sparks,
Sugar Minott,
Mission of Burma,
Archie Shepp,
Soft Machine,
Quadrant,
The Cramps,
June Days,
Marc Almond,
The Happenings,
Flash Fearless,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Divine Comedy,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ultravox,
Excepter,
The Count Five,
Man Eating Sloth,
Sonny Sharrock,
Chrome,
Animal Collective,
Talk Talk,
Nas,
Buzzcocks,
Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson.
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.