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 Brunei and from Taipei.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the oboe 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 Camberwell Now to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Sam Rivers. All the underground hits.
All The Alarm Clocks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Art Ensemble Of Chicago record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Star Department record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Maurizio,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Ludus,
Aswad,
Morten Harket,
Gerry Rafferty,
La Düsseldorf,
The Gories,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Kas Product,
Roy Ayers,
Bobby Byrd,
Sonny Sharrock,
The Doors,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Kevin Saunderson,
Byron Stingily,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Godley & Creme,
Monks,
Swell Maps,
Deakin,
a-ha,
Delta 5,
Roger Hodgson,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pharoah Sanders,
Bluetip,
Hashim,
Stockholm Monsters,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Subhumans,
Flipper,
Mr. Review,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Zeros,
Metal Thangz,
Derrick Morgan,
Shuggie Otis,
Echospace,
The Busters,
the Germs,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Thee Headcoats,
Ultravox,
Harpers Bizarre,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Agitation Free,
Brand Nubian,
Von Mondo,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
the Bar-Kays,
Spoonie Gee,
Goldenarms,
Sparks,
Amon Düül,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar.
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.