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 Indonesia and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Los Fastidios to the funk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Skriet. All the underground hits.
All Howard Jones tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Con Funk Shun record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz 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 an organ and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aswad record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Babytalk,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Jawbox,
Bill Near,
Blossom Toes,
This Heat,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Wighnomy Brothers & Robag Wruhme,
Magma,
Davy DMX,
Simply Red,
Hoover,
Clear Light,
Oblivians,
Radiopuhelimet,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Leaves,
Man Eating Sloth,
Hot Snakes,
Letta Mbulu,
Sonic Youth,
In Retrospect,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Human League,
Chrome,
Rod Modell,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
La Düsseldorf,
Public Enemy,
Guru Guru,
Ice-T,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Crispian St. Peters,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
ABC,
Glambeats Corp.,
Gang of Four,
Alison Limerick,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Kayak,
The Victims,
Schoolly D,
Funkadelic,
Jacques Brel,
The Sound,
The Birthday Party,
Outsiders,
The Tremeloes,
Spandau Ballet,
The Detroit Cobras,
The Names,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Depeche Mode,
Rhythm & Sound,
Carl Craig,
Banda Bassotti,
Todd Rundgren,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
EPMD,
The Sonics,
Monolake,
Quantec,
Q65,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band.
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.