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 United States and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1962 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Milan 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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Ultramagnetic MC's to the jazz 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 The Zeros. All the underground hits.
All Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every A Flock of Seagulls record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock 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 sitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Shuggie Otis record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Laurel Aitken,
Gang Starr,
Danielle Patucci,
Lalo Schifrin,
Hardrive,
Rosa Yemen,
Slick Rick,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Theoretical Girls,
Flamin' Groovies,
Joe Smooth,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
Scrapy,
Lindisfarne,
Gang Gang Dance,
Connie Case,
Althea and Donna,
This Heat,
New Order,
Grandmaster Flash,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Reagan Youth,
The Mummies,
Delta 5,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Chris Corsano,
Scott Walker,
The Monochrome Set,
Rapeman,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Chris & Cosey,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
In Retrospect,
Skarface,
Radiohead,
Lou Christie,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Peter & Gordon,
Icehouse,
Cecil Taylor,
Khruangbin,
Prince Buster,
Roy Ayers,
Simply Red,
Lyres,
Soft Cell,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Todd Terry,
The Zeros,
Jacques Brel,
Section 25,
Technova,
Jeff Lynne,
Kayak,
Magazine,
Shoche,
Gastr Del Sol,
Brothers Johnson,
Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra.
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.