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 Libya and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Human League show in Sheffield.
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 1960 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1980 at the first Cybotron practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 B.T. Express to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel. All the underground hits.
All The Offenders tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Barracudas record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Brass Construction record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Whodini,
Outsiders,
The Angels of Light,
Davy DMX,
Deepchord,
Danielle Patucci,
Byron Stingily,
Soul Sonic Force,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Kool Moe Dee,
Panda Bear,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Popol Vuh,
Roxy Music,
Matthew Halsall,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Surgeon,
Half Japanese,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Red Krayola,
Barrington Levy,
Eurythmics,
Ludus,
Isaac Hayes,
Soulsonic Force,
Sly & The Family Stone,
MC5,
The Moody Blues,
Nick Fraelich,
Livin' Joy,
Ornette Coleman,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Mr. Review,
Anthony Braxton,
L. Decosne,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Adolescents,
Gang Gang Dance,
A Certain Ratio,
The Vogues,
Black Bananas,
Harpers Bizarre,
Brothers Johnson,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Gichy Dan,
Youth Brigade,
DJ Style,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Eve St. Jones,
Chrome,
Thee Headcoats,
Camberwell Now,
The Fuzztones,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Eric Dolphy,
Mad Mike,
Circle Jerks,
Max Romeo,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish, Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish.
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.