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 Bangladesh and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Neon Judgement to the techno kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 John Cale. All the underground hits.
All The Invisible tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fear record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Patti Smith 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?
The Skatalites,
Sound Behaviour,
Jeff Mills,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Underground Resistance,
Ralphi Rosario,
Sun City Girls,
Gang Starr,
Suburban Knight,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Crispian St. Peters,
T.S.O.L.,
Excepter,
Adolescents,
Marmalade,
Danielle Patucci,
The Associates,
D'Angelo,
Brick,
Pantaleimon,
Mary Jane Girls,
Soulsonic Force,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Glambeats Corp.,
Main Source,
Curtis Mayfield,
Organ,
Rhythm & Sound,
Maleditus Sound,
Dorothy Ashby,
Peter and Kerry,
The Smiths,
Gil Scott Heron,
Matthew Halsall,
Ultravox,
Intrusion,
Pussy Galore,
ABBA,
Susan Cadogan,
Gang of Four,
Eric B and Rakim,
The Kinks,
Depeche Mode,
The Moleskins,
A Certain Ratio,
Quantec,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Human League,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Jacob Miller,
Rotary Connection,
Scott Walker,
Anthony Braxton,
Delon & Dalcan,
Neil Young,
Mars,
One Last Wish,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
John Coltrane,
Gang Green,
World's Most, World's Most, World's Most, World's Most.
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.