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 Ireland and from Halifax.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Spokane.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school New York 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 oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Howard Jones to the electroclash 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 Lalann. All the underground hits.
All Massinfluence tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lower 48 record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Negative Approach record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gang of Four,
Skriet,
Brand Nubian,
Desert Stars,
X-101,
Bobby Byrd,
DJ Style,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Kool Moe Dee,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Procol Harum,
Mars,
Unwound,
The Index,
Funkadelic,
Minor Threat,
The Standells,
Derrick May,
Sonny Sharrock,
Gregory Isaacs,
Laurel Aitken,
World's Most,
Wally Richardson,
David McCallum,
Bootsy Collins,
The Busters,
The Dirtbombs,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Lou Reed,
Motorama,
Letta Mbulu,
CMW,
Public Enemy,
Stetsasonic,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Misunderstood,
Kevin Saunderson,
Amon Düül II,
Soulsonic Force,
Babytalk,
Slave,
Liliput,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Arcadia,
Barry Ungar,
Graham Central Station,
X-Ray Spex,
Bobby Hutcherson,
ABC,
Tubeway Army,
AZ,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Gang Green,
kango's stein massive,
10cc,
Deepchord,
Jacques Brel,
D'Angelo,
Idris Muhammad,
Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra, Sun Ra Arkestra.
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.