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 Slovenia and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Duran Duran 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 The Buckinghams. All the underground hits.
All Sonic Youth tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skaos 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul II Soul record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Patti Smith,
Lyres,
Rufus Thomas,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
The Victims,
Robert Wyatt,
The Monks,
Scan 7,
Supertramp,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Shuggie Otis,
Curtis Mayfield,
DNA,
Cal Tjader,
Jeff Mills,
Quadrant,
The Young Rascals,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Gang of Four,
Gil Scott Heron,
Marshall Jefferson,
The Electric Prunes,
The Cowsills,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Slackers,
Scientists,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Minny Pops,
Eddi Front,
Eric Copeland,
Half Japanese,
Fela Kuti,
Parry Music,
Piero Umiliani,
Swans,
The Mojo Men,
Tommy Roe,
Ossler,
David McCallum,
The Doors,
The Vogues,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Angry Samoans,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Warren Ellis,
Country Teasers,
The Five Americans,
Jawbox,
Camberwell Now,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Black Dice,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Black Sheep,
Pole,
Nico,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
The Gories,
Kas Product,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Joe Finger, Joe Finger, Joe Finger, Joe Finger.
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.