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 Cape Verde and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1960 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1983 at the first Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Jawbox 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 Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson. All the underground hits.
All Aural Exciters tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kenny Larkin 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bluetip record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
EPMD,
Bobby Byrd,
Aaron Thompson,
The Toasters,
Prince Buster,
Rekid,
Pagans,
Livin' Joy,
Hot Snakes,
Pantytec,
Sällskapet,
Q and Not U,
Fear,
Radiopuhelimet,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Kerrie Biddell,
Godley & Creme,
Q65,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
The Associates,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Curtis Mayfield,
Ronnie Foster,
Duran Duran,
Stereo Dub,
Magma,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Black Dice,
Shoche,
The Fuzztones,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Misunderstood,
Brand Nubian,
Quantec,
Shuggie Otis,
The Names,
This Heat,
Pierre Henry,
Urselle,
Niagra,
Camberwell Now,
The Knickerbockers,
Sister Nancy,
Soul Sonic Force,
Symarip,
Technova,
Gregory Isaacs,
Babytalk,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Newcleus,
CMW,
Cameo,
Wally Richardson,
Colin Newman,
Davy DMX,
Radio Birdman,
Lou Christie,
PIL,
Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station, Graham Central Station.
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.