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 Germany and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise show in London.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 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 Little Man to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Little Man. All the underground hits.
All Roy Ayers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fear record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Grey Daturas,
Depeche Mode,
Sixth Finger,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Grandmaster Flash,
Godley & Creme,
Grauzone,
Freddie Wadling,
John Coltrane,
the Association,
The Doors,
Pantytec,
Ten City,
David Axelrod,
The Alarm Clocks,
8 Eyed Spy,
Gong,
The Fall,
Slick Rick,
Marmalade,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Parry Music,
Ornette Coleman,
In Retrospect,
Junior Murvin,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Dennis Brown,
Royal Trux,
John Holt,
Joyce Sims,
Duran Duran,
The Music Machine,
Livin' Joy,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Panda Bear,
Marc Almond,
Carl Craig,
The Cure,
Jimmy McGriff,
Judy Mowatt,
Ronnie Foster,
Harry Pussy,
The Vogues,
Boredoms,
EPMD,
Dual Sessions,
Nico,
Sun Ra,
The Gun Club,
Terry Callier,
Minnie Riperton,
Lebanon Hanover,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Roger Hodgson,
Robert Wyatt,
Gichy Dan,
Lalann,
Basic Channel,
Black Pus,
The Raincoats,
Bang On A Can,
One Last Wish,
Malaria!,
Nick Fraelich,
Arcadia, Arcadia, Arcadia, Arcadia.
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.