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 Samoa and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1961 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Bobby Hutcherson to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Accadde A. All the underground hits.
All Suburban Knight tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nico record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Whodini record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Absolute Body Control,
Dark Day,
Bush Tetras,
Nik Kershaw,
Soul II Soul,
the Human League,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Kerri Chandler,
Gil Scott Heron,
Reagan Youth,
Desert Stars,
The Five Americans,
Vainqueur,
Half Japanese,
KRS-One,
Kerrie Biddell,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Excepter,
The Alarm Clocks,
This Heat,
The Velvet Underground,
Aswad,
Tears for Fears,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Second Layer,
The Young Rascals,
The Fall,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Letta Mbulu,
Television Personalities,
Underground Resistance,
Sexual Harrassment,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Saints,
Flipper,
Donald Byrd,
Wally Richardson,
The Fire Engines,
The Fuzztones,
LL Cool J,
Man Eating Sloth,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Chris & Cosey,
Depeche Mode,
Bluetip,
Hardrive,
Vladislav Delay,
Gabor Szabo,
Thompson Twins,
E-Dancer,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Cure,
Pere Ubu,
La Düsseldorf,
Lou Reed,
Tubeway Army,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Connie Case,
The Raincoats,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.