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 Morocco and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1968 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 clarinet 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 MDC to the rock kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Aaron Thompson. All the underground hits.
All The Alarm Clocks tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camouflage 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cybotron record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Lindisfarne,
Sister Nancy,
Visage,
Essential Logic,
Intrusion,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Kerri Chandler,
Pierre Henry,
Todd Terry,
Niagra,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Deepchord,
Gil Scott Heron,
Q65,
Scion,
The Skatalites,
Rotary Connection,
Shuggie Otis,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Peter and Kerry,
Yellowson,
Jacob Miller,
Audionom,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Jeru the Damaja,
T. Rex,
Mars,
Jandek,
Oblivians,
Stetsasonic,
Simply Red,
Skaos,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Star Department,
Tubeway Army,
Gang Starr,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Real Kids,
Erykah Badu,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
The Mojo Men,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Kool Moe Dee,
Mission of Burma,
Metal Thangz,
The Slackers,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Doors,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Mr. Review,
The Fall,
New Order,
The Cure,
Motorama,
Davy DMX,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Magma,
The Electric Prunes,
DNA,
Curtis Mayfield, Curtis Mayfield, Curtis Mayfield, Curtis Mayfield.
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.