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 Angola and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Bologna.
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 1976 at the first Buzzcocks practice in a loft in Bolton.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 China Crisis to the grunge kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Juan Atkins. All the underground hits.
All The Grass Roots tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every 10cc record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eric Dolphy record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
June Days,
The Neon Judgement,
Nico,
The Monochrome Set,
The United States of America,
Groovy Waters,
Pagans,
The Beau Brummels,
Joe Smooth,
Laurel Aitken,
The Index,
Skriet,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Nation of Ulysses,
Bobby Womack,
Dawn Penn,
Faust,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Country Joe & The Fish,
DJ Sneak,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Cal Tjader,
Parry Music,
Theoretical Girls,
Absolute Body Control,
Glambeats Corp.,
Aural Exciters,
The Count Five,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Lower 48,
Livin' Joy,
Gang Starr,
Moss Icon,
10cc,
Roy Ayers,
Newcleus,
the Sonics,
Lakeside,
Stereo Dub,
Sonny Sharrock,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Siglo XX,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Radiohead,
Joey Negro,
Suicide,
CMW,
Flamin' Groovies,
Banda Bassotti,
Joensuu 1685,
Andrew Hill,
Talk Talk,
Piero Umiliani,
Eric B and Rakim,
Josef K,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Joe Finger,
Echospace,
Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah Sanders, Pharoah Sanders.
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.