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 Portugal and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1965 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Halifax and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 OOIOO to the grunge 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 Public Enemy. All the underground hits.
All Nico tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Mojo Men record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk 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 synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Niagra record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Cymande,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Smiths,
Yellowson,
Blossom Toes,
Eric Dolphy,
Black Moon,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
FM Einheit,
Swans,
Popol Vuh,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Aloha Tigers,
Liliput,
Lakeside,
Nirvana,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Derrick May,
Nik Kershaw,
Kool Moe Dee,
Kevin Saunderson,
Erykah Badu,
Bush Tetras,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Cal Tjader,
Donny Hathaway,
Kayak,
Negative Approach,
Minor Threat,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Reuben Wilson,
Amazonics,
Delta 5,
Monolake,
Kas Product,
UT,
Second Layer,
X-102,
The Star Department,
The Seeds,
Mo-Dettes,
Camberwell Now,
The Barracudas,
The Monks,
Frankie Knuckles,
The Golliwogs,
Drexciya,
Urselle,
Bootsy Collins,
Boredoms,
CMW,
Agitation Free,
Aaron Thompson,
Sandy B,
Matthew Halsall,
Funky Four + One,
The Gories,
Subhumans,
Alton Ellis,
Crooked Eye,
Stetsasonic,
Banda Bassotti,
Young Marble Giants, Young Marble Giants, Young Marble Giants, Young Marble Giants.
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.