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 Finland and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Lyon.
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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Andrew Hill to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Flipper. All the underground hits.
All 10cc tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sun Ra Arkestra record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Be Bop Deluxe record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Misunderstood,
Kurtis Blow,
James Chance & The Contortions,
The Black Dice,
Joey Negro,
Motorama,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Absolute Body Control,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Stockholm Monsters,
Gong,
Vainqueur,
Vladislav Delay,
Minny Pops,
Joyce Sims,
The Monks,
Aural Exciters,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Gang of Four,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
the Sonics,
The Skatalites,
the Association,
Y Pants,
Newcleus,
Bobby Byrd,
H. Thieme,
Janne Schatter,
Judy Mowatt,
Ice-T,
The Motions,
Dave Gahan,
Stetsasonic,
Pussy Galore,
Radio Birdman,
Aloha Tigers,
Juan Atkins,
One Last Wish,
Scan 7,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Robert Görl,
The Cosmic Jokers,
These Immortal Souls,
Fatback Band,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Scientists,
Blancmange,
EPMD,
Archie Shepp,
X-102,
Unwound,
Maleditus Sound,
Nick Fraelich,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
X-Ray Spex,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lower 48,
Leonard Cohen,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Popol Vuh,
Saccharine Trust, Saccharine Trust, Saccharine Trust, Saccharine Trust.
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.