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 Bangladesh and from Glasgow.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Copenhagen and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the rhodes sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 The Angels of Light to the rock 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 Big Daddy Kane. All the underground hits.
All The Sisters of Mercy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Shoche record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno 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 808 and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Derrick Morgan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agitation Free,
Porter Ricks,
Kerrie Biddell,
Jawbox,
Black Sheep,
Brothers Johnson,
Nas,
Don Cherry,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Toni Rubio,
X-101,
Eddi Front,
The Zeros,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Simply Red,
Delta 5,
Flamin' Groovies,
The Move,
Marcia Griffiths,
Chrome,
Amon Düül II,
The Durutti Column,
KRS-One,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gang of Four,
H. Thieme,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Beau Brummels,
Zero Boys,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Nils Olav,
The Barracudas,
DJ Sneak,
Lalann,
The Mummies,
Barrington Levy,
The Gap Band,
Rufus Thomas,
Skarface,
The Martian,
LL Cool J,
Suicide,
Donald Byrd,
Deadbeat,
Ralphi Rosario,
Sam Rivers,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Cluster,
Alphaville,
Dead Boys,
Chris & Cosey,
The Walker Brothers,
Boz Scaggs,
Crispy Ambulance,
Grauzone,
Lyres,
Albert Ayler,
CMW,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Niagra,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic, Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic.
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.