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 Singapore and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the theremin 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 Lalo Schifrin to the jazz kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Hasil Adkins. All the underground hits.
All the Fania All-Stars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Robert Wyatt 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Youth Brigade record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Fugs,
Matthew Bourne,
The Dave Clark Five,
Iggy Pop,
The Fuzztones,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Fluxion,
Wally Richardson,
MDC,
Quando Quango,
The Pop Group,
The Golliwogs,
Mary Jane Girls,
Saccharine Trust,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Magazine,
Popol Vuh,
Drive Like Jehu,
Gang Gang Dance,
La Düsseldorf,
R.M.O.,
Chrome,
The Slits,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Deakin,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Black Bananas,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
The Beau Brummels,
Mr. Review,
Marc Almond,
Cameo,
Flash Fearless,
Pantaleimon,
Eric B and Rakim,
Livin' Joy,
Intrusion,
Zapp,
Nas,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Lou Reed,
Carl Craig,
Slave,
Youth Brigade,
Fear,
Susan Cadogan,
The Sisters of Mercy,
Zero Boys,
Oblivians,
Stereo Dub,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
The Martian,
UT,
Avey Tare,
Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force, Soul Sonic Force.
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.