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 Ivory Coast and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Davy DMX to the rock kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 MDC. All the underground hits.
All June of 44 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Trojans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Stereo Dub record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lebanon Hanover,
Roxy Music,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Gregory Isaacs,
Slave,
Kevin Saunderson,
cv313,
Minnie Riperton,
Pere Ubu,
Crooked Eye,
Half Japanese,
Soul Sonic Force,
Lalo Schifrin,
The Fuzztones,
D'Angelo,
Graham Central Station,
The Pretty Things,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Todd Terry,
New Age Steppers,
Crispian St. Peters,
Mantronix,
The Wake,
Rhythm & Sound,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Moebius,
Bill Near,
Boogie Down Productions,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Gang of Four,
Warsaw,
Gong,
Fat Boys,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
MC5,
Brick,
Andrew Hill,
Sugar Minott,
Yellowson,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Electric Prunes,
Harpers Bizarre,
Barrington Levy,
Reuben Wilson,
New York Dolls,
Barry Ungar,
Rosa Yemen,
Harmonia,
Chris & Cosey,
Dawn Penn,
Nas,
The Cramps,
The Selecter,
Tomorrow,
The Golliwogs,
Reagan Youth,
The Litter,
The Associates,
Groovy Waters,
Loose Ends, Loose Ends, Loose Ends, Loose Ends.
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.