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 Swaziland and from Tehran.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Portland and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the rhodes 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 Camberwell Now to the rap 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 The Seeds. All the underground hits.
All Silicon Teens tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Saccharine Trust record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 theremin and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vaughan Mason & Crew record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pussy Galore,
Laurel Aitken,
The J.B.'s,
June of 44,
Soul Sonic Force,
Matthew Halsall,
The Motions,
David McCallum,
Letta Mbulu,
Schoolly D,
Alphaville,
Joensuu 1685,
Model 500,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Amazonics,
Aswad,
Kerrie Biddell,
Technova,
Parry Music,
Skarface,
Agent Orange,
Fort Wilson Riot,
DJ Sneak,
John Holt,
Sparks,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Derrick Morgan,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Rakim,
One Last Wish,
Grey Daturas,
Eddi Front,
Franke,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Glambeats Corp.,
Arab on Radar,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Intrusion,
Anthony Braxton,
The Evens,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Slits,
The Wake,
H. Thieme,
Supertramp,
Animal Collective,
Wire,
Rufus Thomas,
Donald Byrd,
Mandrill,
Magazine,
Masters at Work,
Cybotron,
MDC,
Scott Walker,
Dark Day,
Guru Guru,
DJ Style,
10cc,
The Knickerbockers,
Marmalade,
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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.