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 Latvia and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1966 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Jakarta.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the güiro 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 Massinfluence to the funk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Happenings. All the underground hits.
All Kurtis Blow tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Selecter record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marvin Gaye record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Human League,
Gong,
Quando Quango,
Piero Umiliani,
Prince Buster,
James White and The Blacks,
Cheater Slicks,
Infiniti,
Nils Olav,
Bluetip,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Stereo Dub,
Skarface,
MDC,
Subhumans,
Monks,
Isaac Hayes,
Sound Behaviour,
Iggy Pop,
10cc,
The Gories,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Tommy Roe,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Joe Finger,
Adolescents,
CMW,
Black Moon,
Pussy Galore,
Roxette,
Tears for Fears,
Dawn Penn,
U.S. Maple,
the Sonics,
Ultimate Spinach,
Rufus Thomas,
Basic Channel,
Little Man,
Harmonia,
Brothers Johnson,
KRS-One,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Juan Atkins,
Hasil Adkins,
Roger Hodgson,
James Chance & The Contortions,
John Cale,
Warsaw,
The Dave Clark Five,
David Bowie,
Delta 5,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Eden Ahbez,
Oneida,
DJ Sneak,
Angry Samoans,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Sparks,
Bizarre Inc.,
Rakim,
London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir.
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.