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 Ukraine and from Copenhagen.
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 1965 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Halifax.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Busters to the dance 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 Swans. All the underground hits.
All Jesper Dahlbäck tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Faust record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scan 7,
Easy Going,
The Gories,
L. Decosne,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Zeros,
Shuggie Otis,
Amon Düül,
Dave Gahan,
Amon Düül II,
The Monochrome Set,
KRS-One,
The Slits,
Skriet,
Aaron Thompson,
Television,
Scientists,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Gang Gang Dance,
Althea and Donna,
Con Funk Shun,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Cowsills,
Bad Manners,
The Human League,
The Birthday Party,
Spoonie Gee,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Residents,
Cheater Slicks,
Ohio Players,
Ronnie Foster,
Ultra Naté,
Banda Bassotti,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Kerri Chandler,
World's Most,
The Techniques,
Robert Wyatt,
Mr. Review,
Porter Ricks,
Andrew Hill,
Ralphi Rosario,
Little Man,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Stetsasonic,
Gerry Rafferty,
Niagra,
Kurtis Blow,
The Monks,
Crooked Eye,
Albert Ayler,
Rotary Connection,
Dawn Penn,
Depeche Mode,
T.S.O.L.,
Oblivians,
Guru Guru,
Max Romeo,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Sam Rivers, Sam Rivers, Sam Rivers, Sam Rivers.
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.