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 Malaysia and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1962 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Portland.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 Robert Palmer 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 Rakim to the rap 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 The Sound. All the underground hits.
All Tubeway Army tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Grass Roots record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Peter and Kerry 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?
Public Image Ltd.,
MC5,
Gerry Rafferty,
Bang On A Can,
Johnny Osbourne,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Zeros,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Black Flag,
Hashim,
Shuggie Otis,
Pet Shop Boys,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Oblivians,
Qualms,
The Divine Comedy,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Modern Lovers,
Pere Ubu,
Yazoo,
Public Enemy,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
David McCallum,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Niagra,
Godley & Creme,
The Dave Clark Five,
Joe Finger,
Drive Like Jehu,
Intrusion,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Blues Magoos,
Nation of Ulysses,
One Last Wish,
Sound Behaviour,
Eric Dolphy,
Talk Talk,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Hot Snakes,
Second Layer,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Ohio Players,
Minor Threat,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Alice Coltrane,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Livin' Joy,
Cabaret Voltaire,
H. Thieme,
Nico,
Drexciya,
The Raincoats,
Lakeside,
Eurythmics,
The Cramps,
LL Cool J,
the Sonics,
Whodini,
Delta 5,
Ossler,
The Alarm Clocks,
Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White Band, Average White 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.