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 Solomon Islands and from Lagos.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Cairo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Reagan Youth to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Slick Rick. All the underground hits.
All Adolescents tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every ABC 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul Sonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Brass Construction,
Bobby Womack,
Jacques Brel,
Franke,
Skarface,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Lyres,
New Order,
Lou Christie,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
OOIOO,
The Moleskins,
The Remains,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
The Young Rascals,
Beasts of Bourbon,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Sonics,
Dual Sessions,
John Holt,
The Happenings,
Lucky Dragons,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Colin Newman,
Davy DMX,
Letta Mbulu,
Eddi Front,
World's Most,
Groovy Waters,
The Blackbyrds,
Underground Resistance,
Theoretical Girls,
Gerry Rafferty,
Zapp,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Masters at Work,
Pulsallama,
B.T. Express,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Nils Olav,
The Smoke,
Oblivians,
Girls At Our Best!,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
the Association,
New Age Steppers,
Sällskapet,
Cameo,
Sixth Finger,
Arcadia,
Unwound,
Jandek,
Freddie Wadling,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
June Days,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Jeff Mills,
Rufus Thomas,
Metal Thangz,
Andrew Hill,
Duran Duran,
DJ Sneak,
Scan 7, Scan 7, Scan 7, Scan 7.
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.