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 Oman and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in New York and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Aswad to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Trumans Water. All the underground hits.
All the Swans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 linndrum and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Desert Stars record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Easy Going,
The Beau Brummels,
Oblivians,
Model 500,
Massinfluence,
The Mojo Men,
Franke,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Connie Case,
kango's stein massive,
Underground Resistance,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Selecter,
Arab on Radar,
Ash Ra Tempel,
David McCallum,
Joe Finger,
Curtis Mayfield,
Skaos,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Sight & Sound,
Deakin,
Matthew Halsall,
Wally Richardson,
Reuben Wilson,
John Holt,
Yellowson,
The Count Five,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
The Saints,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Hasil Adkins,
Althea and Donna,
Barbara Tucker,
Roxy Music,
The Blues Magoos,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Minor Threat,
Gerry Rafferty,
The Evens,
Jerry's Kids,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Star Department,
The Slits,
New Age Steppers,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Thee Headcoats,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Gabor Szabo,
Jesper Dahlback,
Chris & Cosey,
The Red Krayola,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Bronski Beat,
Interpol,
David Axelrod,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
CMW,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel, Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel.
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.