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 Ethiopia and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1967 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Derrick May to the disco 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 Bauhaus. All the underground hits.
All Mo-Dettes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Supertramp record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 snare and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fugazi record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cal Tjader,
Guru Guru,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Qualms,
Roxette,
The Cowsills,
Radiohead,
Agent Orange,
Altered Images,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Quando Quango,
John Cale,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Brothers Johnson,
Das Ding,
Donny Hathaway,
Tim Buckley,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Fall,
Aaron Thompson,
Jeff Mills,
Ludus,
Patti Smith,
Lalann,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
The Seeds,
Bobby Womack,
Fatback Band,
Eurythmics,
Monolake,
Grey Daturas,
Echospace,
Drexciya,
Model 500,
Audionom,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Shuggie Otis,
David McCallum,
Minny Pops,
Sparks,
Aural Exciters,
Black Moon,
Crispian St. Peters,
Swell Maps,
Goldenarms,
Procol Harum,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Mantronix,
Faraquet,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Heaven 17,
Minor Threat,
Cameo,
Josef K,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Television Personalities,
Johnny Clarke,
The Busters,
Toni Rubio,
Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Marvin Gaye.
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.