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 Kosovo and from Columbus.
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 1964 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the 808 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 Darondo to the electroclash kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience. All the underground hits.
All Flamin' Groovies tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lalo Schifrin record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eric Dolphy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Eli Mardock,
Kaleidoscope,
Interpol,
Newcleus,
Bill Near,
Duran Duran,
The Smoke,
Unwound,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Parry Music,
Icehouse,
Lower 48,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Reagan Youth,
Yusef Lateef,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
DJ Sneak,
Kerri Chandler,
Warren Ellis,
The Standells,
Bizarre Inc.,
LL Cool J,
Scott Walker,
The American Breed,
Absolute Body Control,
Rhythm & Sound,
June of 44,
The Zeros,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Saccharine Trust,
Underground Resistance,
Funkadelic,
DJ Style,
Brand Nubian,
Radiohead,
Groovy Waters,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Gories,
E-Dancer,
Todd Terry,
Crispian St. Peters,
Altered Images,
Brick,
Letta Mbulu,
Suburban Knight,
Model 500,
Marcia Griffiths,
Patti Smith,
Girls At Our Best!,
Visage,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
KRS-One,
Agent Orange,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Pop Group,
Slick Rick,
Livin' Joy,
Index,
Make Up,
Das Ding,
Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth.
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.