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 Malta and from Lille.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the guitar 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 Ronnie Foster to the funk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Ponytail. All the underground hits.
All Lizzy Mercier Descloux tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dual Sessions record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a clarinet and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kevin Saunderson,
Scion,
Ash Ra Tempel,
New Order,
Metal Thangz,
Marvin Gaye,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Henry Cow,
Derrick May,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Pulsallama,
Chris & Cosey,
Jimmy McGriff,
World's Most,
Bang On A Can,
The Durutti Column,
Eric B and Rakim,
Howard Jones,
Bobby Byrd,
X-101,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Soul Sonic Force,
Hot Snakes,
Avey Tare,
Scrapy,
Toni Rubio,
Dennis Brown,
the Human League,
The Velvet Underground,
Desert Stars,
Mad Mike,
Marmalade,
Alison Limerick,
Sun City Girls,
Chrome,
The Motions,
Radio Birdman,
Lightning Bolt,
Agent Orange,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Hashim,
Max Romeo,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Andrew Hill,
David Axelrod,
The Searchers,
Zero Boys,
The Monochrome Set,
Michelle Simonal,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Television Personalities,
Harpers Bizarre,
Grauzone,
Laurel Aitken,
Altered Images,
The Red Krayola,
ABC,
Marc Almond,
Rhythm & Sound,
Brand Nubian,
Pylon,
Al Stewart,
Gang Gang Dance,
David McCallum, David McCallum, David McCallum, David McCallum.
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.