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 Palau and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the güiro 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 Bizarre Inc. to the techno kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Star Department. All the underground hits.
All The Blues Magoos tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Quadrant record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Desert Stars record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Slave,
Adolescents,
Unrelated Segments,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Tres Demented,
Toni Rubio,
The Standells,
Cymande,
Sandy B,
Chrome,
Crispian St. Peters,
Soul II Soul,
Bauhaus,
Chris Corsano,
Intrusion,
The Tremeloes,
Gang Starr,
Gil Scott Heron,
Goldenarms,
Minny Pops,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Kayak,
Urselle,
The Smiths,
The Fugs,
Freddie Wadling,
Jeff Mills,
Eric B and Rakim,
Marmalade,
Grey Daturas,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
The Busters,
Liliput,
K-Klass,
Reuben Wilson,
Clear Light,
Al Stewart,
Dave Gahan,
Severed Heads,
T. Rex,
Newcleus,
The New Christs,
Malaria!,
Altered Images,
Agitation Free,
Ken Boothe,
Funkadelic,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Techniques,
DJ Style,
Kool Moe Dee,
Andrew Hill,
Fugazi,
Bizarre Inc.,
Pussy Galore,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Velvet Underground,
Von Mondo,
Kevin Saunderson,
Ralphi Rosario,
Cal Tjader,
Q and Not U, Q and Not U, Q and Not U, Q and Not U.
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.