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 Japan and from Lille.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 linndrum sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Wings to the disco 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 The Blackbyrds. All the underground hits.
All Prince Buster tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ornette Coleman record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 clarinet and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ultramagnetic MC's record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Harmonia,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Suburban Knight,
Chris Corsano,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Gang of Four,
Camouflage,
Kool Moe Dee,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Alton Ellis,
Ossler,
the Normal,
Bobby Sherman,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
H. Thieme,
The New Christs,
Crispian St. Peters,
CMW,
Icehouse,
The Detroit Cobras,
Das Ding,
Albert Ayler,
Radiopuhelimet,
Cecil Taylor,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Todd Rundgren,
The Monks,
Byron Stingily,
Model 500,
Susan Cadogan,
Main Source,
Fatback Band,
Outsiders,
Absolute Body Control,
Black Sheep,
Marc Almond,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Ultimate Spinach,
The Slackers,
Charles Mingus,
Sandy B,
The Skatalites,
The Slits,
DNA,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Lalann,
Fear,
Moby Grape,
Lyres,
Aloha Tigers,
Ohio Players,
Gong,
Mad Mike,
David Axelrod,
Ken Boothe,
Junior Murvin,
Mantronix,
Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson, Kevin Saunderson.
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.