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 Burkina and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Shanghai 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Zapp to the punk 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 Invisible. All the underground hits.
All D'Angelo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bronski Beat record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Barracudas record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Henry Cow,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Fugs,
Wally Richardson,
Dennis Brown,
Ken Boothe,
Flash Fearless,
Avey Tare,
DJ Style,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
PIL,
The Pop Group,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Derrick May,
Deakin,
Pole,
Eric Dolphy,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Fad Gadget,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Joey Negro,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Motorama,
Thompson Twins,
Bauhaus,
Scion,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Michelle Simonal,
KRS-One,
Lalo Schifrin,
Darondo,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Second Layer,
The Music Machine,
E-Dancer,
Amazonics,
Todd Terry,
The Stooges,
Fifty Foot Hose,
The Pretty Things,
Joe Smooth,
Pet Shop Boys,
Gong,
Pylon,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Con Funk Shun,
Alton Ellis,
Duran Duran,
Sun Ra,
Ituana,
Anthony Braxton,
Minny Pops,
Faust,
Chrome,
The Beau Brummels,
The Techniques,
Gil Scott Heron,
Brass Construction,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Fela Kuti,
Marcia Griffiths,
CMW,
Jawbox,
Skaos,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience, Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience.
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.