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 Samoa and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Procol Harum to the grime kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Aloha Tigers. All the underground hits.
All Rotary Connection tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Aswad 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Glambeats Corp. record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sunsets and Hearts,
Skaos,
Sonic Youth,
Das Ding,
Johnny Clarke,
PIL,
Los Fastidios,
Spandau Ballet,
Pet Shop Boys,
Ituana,
Gang of Four,
the Sonics,
The Busters,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Alton Ellis,
Schoolly D,
Second Layer,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Kurtis Blow,
Tommy Roe,
Alice Coltrane,
Throbbing Gristle,
Fatback Band,
10cc,
The Doors,
Scott Walker,
One Last Wish,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Howard Jones,
Jacques Brel,
Fela Kuti,
Sugar Minott,
Joe Smooth,
John Lydon,
Wolf Eyes,
The Fire Engines,
Electric Prunes,
DJ Sneak,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Procol Harum,
Gang Gang Dance,
Mantronix,
Crispy Ambulance,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Beau Brummels,
Chrome,
Sam Rivers,
Lower 48,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Underground Resistance,
Dennis Brown,
The Gories,
Peter and Kerry,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Banda Bassotti,
Yusef Lateef,
The Blackbyrds,
Arab on Radar,
T.S.O.L.,
Spoonie Gee,
Oblivians,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Joyce Sims, Joyce Sims, Joyce Sims, Joyce Sims.
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.