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 Guyana and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Beau Brummels. All the underground hits.
All Mary Jane Girls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kool Moe Dee 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hasil Adkins,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Quando Quango,
Skarface,
Sun City Girls,
Bill Wells,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Siglo XX,
Glambeats Corp.,
Kayak,
The Red Krayola,
Lou Christie,
Quadrant,
Con Funk Shun,
Todd Terry,
cv313,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Eurythmics,
Amon Düül,
The Invisible,
Lightning Bolt,
the Normal,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Mojo Men,
Mo-Dettes,
Heaven 17,
Jacob Miller,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Jandek,
Lyres,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
F. McDonald,
Jeff Mills,
Jerry Gold Smith,
kango's stein massive,
Mary Jane Girls,
Charles Mingus,
Camberwell Now,
The Happenings,
Howard Jones,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Letta Mbulu,
Theoretical Girls,
The Gladiators,
Godley & Creme,
Prince Buster,
Vladislav Delay,
Freddie Wadling,
Dave Gahan,
Minnie Riperton,
Gregory Isaacs,
Easy Going,
Jeru the Damaja,
Ice-T,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Absolute Body Control,
MDC,
The Raincoats,
Judy Mowatt,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
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.