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 Suriname and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1965.
I was there at the first Beefheart show in Lancaster.
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 1963 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lagos 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 Soft Boys practice in a loft in Cambridge.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Spoonie Gee to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Gang Gang Dance. All the underground hits.
All Aswad tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Hardrive record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jeff Mills record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Delon & Dalcan,
Deepchord,
Albert Ayler,
Ralphi Rosario,
Jandek,
Loose Ends,
Shuggie Otis,
Sällskapet,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Alice Coltrane,
Reuben Wilson,
Fad Gadget,
Davy DMX,
The American Breed,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Magazine,
Ultravox,
Khruangbin,
Alphaville,
June of 44,
Malaria!,
Sexual Harrassment,
Eric B and Rakim,
Deadbeat,
Flash Fearless,
The Pretty Things,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Icehouse,
Todd Terry,
Toni Rubio,
Country Joe & The Fish,
KRS-One,
Bronski Beat,
The Mummies,
cv313,
The Leaves,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
David Axelrod,
Kool Moe Dee,
Tomorrow,
Swell Maps,
Archie Shepp,
Circle Jerks,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Danielle Patucci,
Skarface,
48th St. Collective,
Henry Cow,
Sound Behaviour,
Matthew Halsall,
Mantronix,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Dual Sessions,
Lightning Bolt,
Monolake,
Y Pants,
Nation of Ulysses,
Yazoo,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Eli Mardock,
The Golliwogs,
Max Romeo,
Hasil Adkins,
Frankie Knuckles,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan, Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan, Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan, Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan.
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.