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 Dominica and from Houston.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 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 Scratch Acid to the rap 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 Joy Division. All the underground hits.
All Zero Boys tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agitation Free 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Cosmic Jokers record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your arpeggiator and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought an arpeggiator.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
The Pop Group,
The Skatalites,
The Trojans,
The Happenings,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Trumans Water,
E-Dancer,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Harry Pussy,
Roger Hodgson,
Depeche Mode,
Terrestrial Tones,
Nation of Ulysses,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Au Pairs,
Metal Thangz,
Nik Kershaw,
DJ Style,
Mad Mike,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Tropical Tobacco,
Yusef Lateef,
Skarface,
OOIOO,
Michelle Simonal,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Barbara Tucker,
Television,
Patti Smith,
The Mojo Men,
The Alarm Clocks,
Surgeon,
Jacob Miller,
Index,
The Red Krayola,
Fat Boys,
Slave,
The Zeros,
U.S. Maple,
The Doobie Brothers,
Eve St. Jones,
Pantytec,
Symarip,
Ituana,
Qualms,
The Fuzztones,
Peter & Gordon,
Sonny Sharrock,
Marvin Gaye,
Johnny Osbourne,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Johnny Clarke,
ABBA,
Malaria!,
Scott Walker, Scott Walker, Scott Walker, Scott Walker.
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.