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 Bolivia and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Todd Terry 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 Nirvana. All the underground hits.
All The J.B.'s tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every New Order record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an oboe and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pulsallama record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lakeside,
Soulsonic Force,
FM Einheit,
Fat Boys,
Tropical Tobacco,
Tears for Fears,
Nas,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Thompson Twins,
Agent Orange,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Misunderstood,
Agitation Free,
Flash Fearless,
Ponytail,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Joy Division,
The Velvet Underground,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Lou Christie,
Shoche,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Terry Callier,
Radio Birdman,
The Sisters of Mercy,
New Age Steppers,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Eli Mardock,
Blossom Toes,
ABC,
Trumans Water,
Audionom,
The Modern Lovers,
Todd Terry,
Y Pants,
The Gladiators,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Gories,
Cal Tjader,
These Immortal Souls,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Brass Construction,
The Trojans,
Neu!,
Loose Ends,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Fall,
Rapeman,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Lungfish,
Dead Boys,
Mad Mike,
Colin Newman,
Q65,
Tomorrow,
X-Ray Spex,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Stetsasonic,
Joe Smooth,
Lalo Schifrin,
Eden Ahbez,
Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies, Flamin' Groovies.
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.