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 Slovakia and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the güiro 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 Tropical Tobacco to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Harmonia. All the underground hits.
All Beasts of Bourbon tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bill Wells record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 808 and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Schoolly D record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Man Parrish,
Accadde A,
Marvin Gaye,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Grauzone,
Sex Pistols,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Mantronix,
Tres Demented,
The Cowsills,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Techniques,
the Slits,
John Holt,
Anthony Braxton,
Mad Mike,
Little Man,
FM Einheit,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Trumans Water,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Marmalade,
Tubeway Army,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Minor Threat,
The Pretty Things,
Camberwell Now,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Glenn Branca,
Ten City,
Hot Snakes,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
the Bar-Kays,
Bang On A Can,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Ken Boothe,
Country Teasers,
Television,
Monks,
Tomorrow,
Nico,
Sexual Harrassment,
Q65,
The Grass Roots,
The Gladiators,
Lower 48,
The Raincoats,
The Smoke,
Godley & Creme,
The Slackers,
Bad Manners,
Man Eating Sloth,
Hoover,
The Fall,
Warsaw,
Joe Finger,
The Monochrome Set,
David McCallum,
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.