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 Monaco and from Lille.
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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1971 at the first Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 EPMD to the punk 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 Ronan. All the underground hits.
All Davy DMX tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Dark Day 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fela Kuti record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Quadrant,
Drexciya,
Jesper Dahlback,
Radiopuhelimet,
the Sonics,
Ken Boothe,
Gichy Dan,
Marmalade,
Niagra,
Ultravox,
The Cramps,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Chris Corsano,
Johnny Clarke,
10cc,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Erykah Badu,
Skarface,
Boz Scaggs,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Girls At Our Best!,
Jandek,
Jacques Brel,
Jerry's Kids,
China Crisis,
Audionom,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Blues Magoos,
Lakeside,
Public Enemy,
Crispian St. Peters,
Eve St. Jones,
Goldenarms,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Shadows of Knight,
CMW,
Arab on Radar,
8 Eyed Spy,
Joey Negro,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
E-Dancer,
Deakin,
Sister Nancy,
The Techniques,
DJ Sneak,
The Evens,
Minnie Riperton,
The Index,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Tres Demented,
Warren Ellis,
Parry Music,
FM Einheit,
Sonny Sharrock,
David Axelrod,
Lower 48,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Patti Smith,
Bootsy Collins,
cv313,
Robert Görl,
The Cowsills, The Cowsills, The Cowsills, The Cowsills.
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.