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 Congo and from Glasgow.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1973 at the first Television practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the arpeggiator 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 Duran Duran to the rap 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 Kas Product. All the underground hits.
All The Leaves tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The United States of America 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a sitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Aaron Thompson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Glenn Branca,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Gabor Szabo,
Bootsy Collins,
Q and Not U,
Funkadelic,
Silicon Teens,
Todd Terry,
Malaria!,
Matthew Bourne,
June of 44,
Ronan,
The Dave Clark Five,
Pylon,
Trumans Water,
John Foxx,
Sällskapet,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Spoonie Gee,
Fela Kuti,
Idris Muhammad,
Shuggie Otis,
Suicide,
Interpol,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Moss Icon,
Soul Sonic Force,
Panda Bear,
The Names,
Electric Prunes,
Nation of Ulysses,
Average White Band,
Scott Walker,
Camberwell Now,
Letta Mbulu,
CMW,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Neon Judgement,
Crooked Eye,
FM Einheit,
The Grass Roots,
Yusef Lateef,
Sugar Minott,
MDC,
Ten City,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Roger Hodgson,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Steve Hackett,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Wake,
AZ,
Fat Boys,
Das Ding,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Flash Fearless,
The United States of America,
Boredoms,
New Order,
Rekid,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Rapeman,
New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers.
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.