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 Ireland and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1966 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Columbus.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Cymande to the grunge kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Massinfluence. All the underground hits.
All Franke tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Brick 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sun Ra Arkestra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Duran Duran,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Mr. Review,
Neil Young,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Jesper Dahlback,
Lyres,
Juan Atkins,
David Axelrod,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Thompson Twins,
Organ,
Rufus Thomas,
Oneida,
Von Mondo,
Andrew Hill,
Erykah Badu,
Marcia Griffiths,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Kas Product,
Quantec,
Siglo XX,
B.T. Express,
Rekid,
Jimmy McGriff,
F. McDonald,
Roxy Music,
Bill Wells,
Soulsonic Force,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
8 Eyed Spy,
Ken Boothe,
Patti Smith,
Massinfluence,
Yazoo,
Desert Stars,
Electric Prunes,
Public Enemy,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Darondo,
Soul Sonic Force,
Pantaleimon,
Glenn Branca,
Grandmaster Flash,
Blancmange,
ABBA,
Letta Mbulu,
Prince Buster,
Crooked Eye,
June Days,
Magazine,
Gerry Rafferty,
Ultra Naté,
Michelle Simonal,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Grass Roots,
ABC,
Black Pus,
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, Panda Bear.
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.