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 Kingdom and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 Bologna and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Trojans to the crunk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Yazoo. All the underground hits.
All Q and Not U tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Darondo 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Skatalites record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Japan,
Ralphi Rosario,
Flamin' Groovies,
Curtis Mayfield,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
10cc,
Letta Mbulu,
DJ Sneak,
The American Breed,
E-Dancer,
Sight & Sound,
The Cure,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Mo-Dettes,
The Knickerbockers,
Television,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Ohio Players,
Nik Kershaw,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Zero Boys,
8 Eyed Spy,
Glambeats Corp.,
Drexciya,
Todd Terry,
The Golliwogs,
Pharoah Sanders,
Newcleus,
Freddie Wadling,
Carl Craig,
Thee Headcoats,
Public Image Ltd.,
Lebanon Hanover,
Joe Smooth,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
John Lydon,
Sunsets and Hearts,
DNA,
U.S. Maple,
Colin Newman,
Big Daddy Kane,
Audionom,
Make Up,
Toni Rubio,
Camouflage,
Boz Scaggs,
Fela Kuti,
The Associates,
the Swans,
Procol Harum,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
K-Klass,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Wings,
Depeche Mode,
Marcia Griffiths,
Chrome,
Amon Düül II,
Clear Light,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gastr Del Sol,
Vainqueur,
Roy Ayers,
Al Stewart, Al Stewart, Al Stewart, Al Stewart.
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.