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 Zimbabwe and from Johannesburg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lyon 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the snare 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 The Human League to the funk kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Rahsaan Roland Kirk. All the underground hits.
All Liliput tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Roy Ayers Ubiquity 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Bobby Sherman record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Searchers,
Idris Muhammad,
Kurtis Blow,
Radiohead,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Audionom,
The Vogues,
MC5,
Procol Harum,
Yazoo,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
The Fuzztones,
Tommy Roe,
Mission of Burma,
The Slackers,
The Human League,
Marc Almond,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Doobie Brothers,
Fela Kuti,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Pantytec,
Neil Young,
Dave Gahan,
Scientists,
Guru Guru,
Arthur Verocai,
The Count Five,
Reuben Wilson,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
New Order,
Y Pants,
The Martian,
Funky Four + One,
Flamin' Groovies,
Althea and Donna,
Groovy Waters,
Nico,
Blancmange,
Todd Rundgren,
AZ,
Young Marble Giants,
Vainqueur,
Saccharine Trust,
the Slits,
Sparks,
Rapeman,
The Fugs,
New York Dolls,
The Pop Group,
Archie Shepp,
Throbbing Gristle,
Barclay James Harvest,
Fatback Band,
Tubeway Army,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Maurizio,
The Monochrome Set,
Lucky Dragons,
Gang Green,
Stockholm Monsters,
Moebius,
Animal Collective,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.