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 United States and from Glasgow.
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 1969 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Mars to the grunge 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 Bobby Sherman. All the underground hits.
All UT tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Move record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 chamberlin and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Andrew Hill record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Schoolly D,
Grey Daturas,
The Dirtbombs,
Barclay James Harvest,
Morten Harket,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Fear,
10cc,
Organ,
Franke,
Girls At Our Best!,
Kerri Chandler,
Brothers Johnson,
Brass Construction,
Robert Görl,
DJ Style,
Camberwell Now,
The Motions,
Kool Moe Dee,
Mark Hollis,
Eric Copeland,
Bobby Sherman,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Colin Newman,
Shuggie Otis,
Echospace,
Amon Düül,
Country Teasers,
The Golliwogs,
Eddi Front,
Ultimate Spinach,
Can,
Josef K,
Nas,
Piero Umiliani,
Crime,
Eric Dolphy,
Delon & Dalcan,
Big Daddy Kane,
Lalann,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Carl Craig,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Yazoo,
MC5,
Trumans Water,
Scrapy,
Brand Nubian,
The Seeds,
The Cramps,
Chris Corsano,
Fugazi,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Walker Brothers,
Byron Stingily,
48th St. Collective,
the Swans,
Dave Gahan,
Sixth Finger,
Parry Music,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Suburban Knight,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.