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 Switzerland and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1967 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Metal Thangz to the grime 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 Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic. All the underground hits.
All Accadde A tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Barbara Tucker record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kevin Saunderson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Gun Club,
Toni Rubio,
The Fire Engines,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Pierre Henry,
Bronski Beat,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Kurtis Blow,
Thee Headcoats,
The Residents,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Index,
Banda Bassotti,
Masters at Work,
Sex Pistols,
H. Thieme,
David Bowie,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
FM Einheit,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Oneida,
The Sonics,
Jerry Gold Smith,
The Blues Magoos,
T. Rex,
Public Enemy,
T.S.O.L.,
Los Fastidios,
Cal Tjader,
Terry Callier,
Lindisfarne,
Peter and Kerry,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Funky Four + One,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Agitation Free,
John Coltrane,
Moebius,
Chris Corsano,
Q and Not U,
Albert Ayler,
Cecil Taylor,
Rekid,
The Birthday Party,
10cc,
Con Funk Shun,
Pulsallama,
Skaos,
Rotary Connection,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Siglo XX,
Man Parrish,
Aural Exciters,
Grauzone,
Organ,
Byron Stingily,
Ultra Naté,
The Human League,
Vainqueur,
Monolake,
Rod Modell,
The Last Poets,
The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground.
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.