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 Kyrgyzstan and from New York.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1964 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 Bronski Beat practice in a loft in Brixton.
I was working on the oboe 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 Andrew Hill to the punk kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Ralphi Rosario. All the underground hits.
All K-Klass tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kings Of Tomorrow record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 an organ and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Smiths record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Japan,
The Human League,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Avey Tare,
Throbbing Gristle,
Amon Düül,
The Busters,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Television Personalities,
Faust,
Leonard Cohen,
Harry Pussy,
Gregory Isaacs,
Todd Terry,
The Modern Lovers,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Rakim,
Ken Boothe,
The Martian,
Man Eating Sloth,
Pantaleimon,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
48th St. Collective,
Janne Schatter,
MC5,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Blackbyrds,
Kurtis Blow,
Rufus Thomas,
Soulsonic Force,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
U.S. Maple,
Clear Light,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Audionom,
Oneida,
Sam Rivers,
Marvin Gaye,
Peter & Gordon,
Isaac Hayes,
Cal Tjader,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Jeru the Damaja,
Groovy Waters,
Delta 5,
The J.B.'s,
Kool Moe Dee,
Bang On A Can,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Kerri Chandler,
Anakelly,
Nico,
The Sound,
Grandmaster Flash,
Basic Channel,
Terry Callier,
Desert Stars,
UT,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
The American Breed,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Franke, Franke, Franke, Franke.
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.