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 Kosovo and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Salvador and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mexico City 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 Art of Noise practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 John Lydon to the grunge 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 The Jesus and Mary Chain. All the underground hits.
All Justin Hinds & The Dominoes tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anakelly 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 marimba and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Vainqueur record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Roy Ayers,
Eric B and Rakim,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ten City,
Terry Callier,
One Last Wish,
Public Image Ltd.,
Dead Boys,
DJ Style,
Chris Corsano,
Ralphi Rosario,
Deadbeat,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Dawn Penn,
The Alarm Clocks,
The Fugs,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Ludus,
Camberwell Now,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
kango's stein massive,
June of 44,
Don Cherry,
Skriet,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Monolake,
The Human League,
Delon & Dalcan,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Altered Images,
Sonic Youth,
Reuben Wilson,
John Holt,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Barclay James Harvest,
John Lydon,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Agent Orange,
The Angels of Light,
F. McDonald,
Joe Finger,
Gil Scott Heron,
Darondo,
Girls At Our Best!,
The Five Americans,
Erykah Badu,
Lakeside,
The Invisible,
The Techniques,
Lindisfarne,
Youth Brigade,
Matthew Bourne,
Newcleus,
Kenny Larkin,
Quando Quango,
Jandek,
The Leaves,
Kurtis Blow,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Bush Tetras,
The Real Kids, The Real Kids, The Real Kids, The Real Kids.
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.