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 Dominican Republic and from Lagos.
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 1964 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Glasgow.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1975 at the first Throbbing Gristle practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the 808 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 Aswad to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Bill Wells. All the underground hits.
All Hoover tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every FM Einheit record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sonny Sharrock record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Normal,
Amazonics,
Monks,
The American Breed,
Don Cherry,
Ituana,
Newcleus,
Ralphi Rosario,
The Gladiators,
Fugazi,
The Searchers,
The Trojans,
Lungfish,
The Motions,
Stiv Bators,
Peter & Gordon,
Easy Going,
The Barracudas,
Guru Guru,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Mandrill,
Curtis Mayfield,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Suburban Knight,
The Velvet Underground,
Kenny Larkin,
Maurizio,
Scion,
Talk Talk,
Jandek,
DJ Style,
Sarah Menescal,
The Fortunes,
The Fire Engines,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Maleditus Sound,
Zero Boys,
The Smiths,
Kevin Saunderson,
Nico,
Nik Kershaw,
Flash Fearless,
JFA,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Funky Four + One,
Albert Ayler,
Audionom,
Anthony Braxton,
Jacob Miller,
The United States of America,
Fela Kuti,
The Smoke,
kango's stein massive,
Harpers Bizarre,
Wings,
The Fall,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
LL Cool J,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.