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 Brazil and from Seoul.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in 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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Manila.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 clarinet 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 Vaughan Mason & Crew to the rap kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Fela Kuti. All the underground hits.
All Alton Ellis tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Move 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Crime record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Unrelated Segments,
Gastr Del Sol,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Minor Threat,
Flash Fearless,
Lightning Bolt,
Archie Shepp,
Jawbox,
Gregory Isaacs,
Sarah Menescal,
ABBA,
Rhythm & Sound,
Absolute Body Control,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Peter and Kerry,
Robert Görl,
Crispian St. Peters,
The Buckinghams,
Delon & Dalcan,
Cameo,
Thee Headcoats,
Scientists,
Scan 7,
Rites of Spring,
The Modern Lovers,
Mars,
Section 25,
Organ,
Zero Boys,
Panda Bear,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jeru the Damaja,
Theoretical Girls,
Al Stewart,
Mo-Dettes,
The Slits,
Girls At Our Best!,
Sixth Finger,
Kas Product,
The Mojo Men,
Surgeon,
Niagra,
The Gladiators,
Jeff Mills,
Graham Central Station,
T.S.O.L.,
Gil Scott Heron,
Television Personalities,
The Gap Band,
New Order,
The Pop Group,
David Bowie,
Josef K,
Adolescents,
Maleditus Sound,
Gabor Szabo,
Blancmange,
The Fuzztones,
The Moody Blues,
Glenn Branca,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
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.