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 Romania and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Delhi.
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 Lou Reed 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 E-Dancer to the funk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Bad Manners. All the underground hits.
All The Skatalites tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cabaret Voltaire record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Fad Gadget,
D'Angelo,
Idris Muhammad,
Scan 7,
Radio Birdman,
LL Cool J,
Sun City Girls,
Connie Case,
F. McDonald,
Pagans,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Ultravox,
H. Thieme,
Panda Bear,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Michelle Simonal,
Yellowson,
Accadde A,
Sandy B,
kango's stein massive,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Avey Tare,
Crispian St. Peters,
Scion,
The Zeros,
Sonic Youth,
The Birthday Party,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Intrusion,
The Blues Magoos,
Dennis Brown,
T.S.O.L.,
Silicon Teens,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Shadows of Knight,
Eric Dolphy,
Soulsonic Force,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Neil Young,
Kerri Chandler,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Golliwogs,
FM Einheit,
Pharoah Sanders,
Bad Manners,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Arab on Radar,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Hashim,
Magazine,
MC5,
Lalo Schifrin,
Archie Shepp,
Quantec,
Faust,
Sonny Sharrock,
Robert Görl,
Colin Newman,
Khruangbin,
Brothers Johnson,
The New Christs,
Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar, Barry Ungar.
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.