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 Senegal and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the snare 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 The Pop Group to the grime 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 Delta 5. All the underground hits.
All Echospace tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every K-Klass 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Michelle Simonal record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jacques Brel,
Con Funk Shun,
The Smiths,
The Dave Clark Five,
Chris & Cosey,
Black Flag,
Massinfluence,
The Fugs,
Dawn Penn,
Soul II Soul,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Move,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Eric B and Rakim,
Roxy Music,
Ultra Naté,
Cecil Taylor,
Q and Not U,
Public Enemy,
Minny Pops,
Iggy Pop,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
the Swans,
Icehouse,
Isaac Hayes,
The Trojans,
Reuben Wilson,
The Selecter,
Lungfish,
Sandy B,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Negative Approach,
The Happenings,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Bobby Byrd,
Tears for Fears,
Aural Exciters,
Andrew Hill,
Eric Dolphy,
Ituana,
Nils Olav,
Soul Sonic Force,
Anthony Braxton,
The Residents,
DJ Sneak,
The Cowsills,
Altered Images,
Radiopuhelimet,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The Slits,
Panda Bear,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Mandrill,
The Star Department,
Neu!,
Fluxion,
Fear,
Cameo,
Chris Corsano,
The United States of America, The United States of America, The United States of America, The United States of America.
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.