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 Kazakhstan and from Glasgow.
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 1961 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 The Fugs to the techno 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 Swell Maps. All the underground hits.
All Magma tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Leaves 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb 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?
Soul II Soul,
CMW,
Jesper Dahlback,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Associates,
Todd Rundgren,
Idris Muhammad,
Hasil Adkins,
Harmonia,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Jerry's Kids,
Nils Olav,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Mummies,
Oblivians,
the Bar-Kays,
The Doors,
Suburban Knight,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Robert Hood,
Lucky Dragons,
Joensuu 1685,
James White and The Blacks,
June of 44,
the Human League,
Chris Corsano,
Funky Four + One,
Peter and Kerry,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Stetsasonic,
Warren Ellis,
kango's stein massive,
DJ Sneak,
L. Decosne,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Bobby Sherman,
The New Christs,
Tears for Fears,
Gerry Rafferty,
Davy DMX,
Junior Murvin,
JFA,
The Monks,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Quantec,
Inner City,
Arcadia,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Johnny Clarke,
Eric Copeland,
Suicide,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Bad Manners,
Urselle,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Pantaleimon,
Fela Kuti,
Be Bop Deluxe,
This Heat,
A Certain Ratio,
The United States of America,
Cluster,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Black Pus, Black Pus, Black Pus, Black Pus.
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.