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 Turkey and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the güiro 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 The Skatalites 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 Black Sheep. All the underground hits.
All Wire tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Max Romeo record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 harpsichord and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Patti Smith record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kevin Saunderson,
Lalo Schifrin,
Youth Brigade,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Spoonie Gee,
Skriet,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Eurythmics,
the Normal,
Brothers Johnson,
The American Breed,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
The Golliwogs,
Rakim,
Jeff Mills,
Crispian St. Peters,
Black Sheep,
Camberwell Now,
Sparks,
Rites of Spring,
Vladislav Delay,
Organ,
Alphaville,
The Mummies,
X-102,
the Fania All-Stars,
Gastr Del Sol,
Porter Ricks,
Mantronix,
Minutemen,
Nik Kershaw,
Simply Red,
Main Source,
Agent Orange,
Todd Terry,
Scott Walker,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Reagan Youth,
Little Man,
Maleditus Sound,
The Gladiators,
Motorama,
Ohio Players,
Duran Duran,
Laurel Aitken,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Skarface,
E-Dancer,
Eric Copeland,
Girls At Our Best!,
Nirvana,
D'Angelo,
Siglo XX,
Interpol,
Black Bananas,
Clear Light,
Depeche Mode,
Scan 7,
Massinfluence,
Roxette,
Skaos,
Hardrive,
Joe Finger, Joe Finger, Joe Finger, Joe Finger.
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.