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 Antigua and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1963 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 808 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 Josef K to the punk 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 Yusef Lateef. All the underground hits.
All Marine Girls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Grandmaster Flash record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Happenings,
Swell Maps,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Underground Resistance,
Sonny Sharrock,
Deadbeat,
Little Man,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Fire Engines,
Second Layer,
Tommy Roe,
The Trojans,
Minny Pops,
Oneida,
Altered Images,
Fela Kuti,
Public Image Ltd.,
Rotary Connection,
The Walker Brothers,
Aswad,
Agent Orange,
The Index,
Pylon,
Silicon Teens,
Sonic Youth,
New Order,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Kool Moe Dee,
The Modern Lovers,
Vainqueur,
Dennis Brown,
Joey Negro,
Warren Ellis,
Outsiders,
Jandek,
Glambeats Corp.,
Radiohead,
L. Decosne,
The Gories,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
The Litter,
Symarip,
Ice-T,
R.M.O.,
Skarface,
The Busters,
ABC,
Bootsy Collins,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The American Breed,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Barry Ungar,
The Blackbyrds,
Supertramp,
Inner City,
Funky Four + One,
Chrome,
Alphaville,
Eli Mardock,
The Cramps,
The Mojo Men,
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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.