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 Denmark and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Lewis show in Vancouver.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the clarinet sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Kas Product to the techno kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Guru Guru. All the underground hits.
All Guru Guru tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Stockholm Monsters record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 808 and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Wings 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 Jesus and Mary Chain,
Alice Coltrane,
Letta Mbulu,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Grandmaster Flash,
The Blues Magoos,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Joe Finger,
Television Personalities,
Flash Fearless,
Pagans,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Faraquet,
Cameo,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Magazine,
Frankie Knuckles,
the Swans,
Amon Düül,
La Düsseldorf,
Toni Rubio,
Masters at Work,
The Skatalites,
Crash Course in Science,
Warren Ellis,
Don Cherry,
PIL,
Bill Wells,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Erykah Badu,
The Electric Prunes,
Boogie Down Productions,
Flamin' Groovies,
Los Fastidios,
Ronan,
The Victims,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Judy Mowatt,
Colin Newman,
Rotary Connection,
EPMD,
The Birthday Party,
MDC,
Arab on Radar,
Junior Murvin,
the Fania All-Stars,
Subhumans,
Neu!,
Sarah Menescal,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Animal Collective,
Peter & Gordon,
Aloha Tigers,
Ohio Players,
Maurizio,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Q65,
The Selecter,
Marcia Griffiths,
Television, Television, Television, Television.
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.