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 Moldova and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage show in London.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Tokyo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 harpsichord 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 the Bar-Kays to the funk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 OOIOO. All the underground hits.
All Kenny Larkin tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Reagan Youth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 a sitar and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Donny Hathaway record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eli Mardock,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Buzzcocks,
The Searchers,
Kurtis Blow,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Absolute Body Control,
Bizarre Inc.,
Black Flag,
JFA,
Clear Light,
The Gories,
New Order,
Minny Pops,
Pulsallama,
Gabor Szabo,
Con Funk Shun,
Make Up,
Nick Fraelich,
Pantaleimon,
The Smoke,
Charles Mingus,
Soul II Soul,
Ken Boothe,
Deadbeat,
Junior Murvin,
Oblivians,
Procol Harum,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Dirtbombs,
The Star Department,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
EPMD,
Leonard Cohen,
Skriet,
Jawbox,
Dennis Brown,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Cal Tjader,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Todd Terry,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Pierre Henry,
Stockholm Monsters,
MDC,
Fad Gadget,
Supertramp,
AZ,
Brick,
Deepchord,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Jacob Miller,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Fela Kuti,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Gerry Rafferty,
Franke,
Donald Byrd, Donald Byrd, Donald Byrd, Donald Byrd.
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.