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 Madagascar and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1967 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Cairo and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 1983 at the first Bronski Beat practice in a loft in Brixton.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Quantec to the crunk 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 The Associates. All the underground hits.
All A Certain Ratio tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Judy Mowatt record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 a sitar and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eli Mardock record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a marimba.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David Axelrod,
Spoonie Gee,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Faraquet,
Eric Copeland,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
New York Dolls,
Mantronix,
Joensuu 1685,
Brothers Johnson,
Eden Ahbez,
Roxy Music,
La Düsseldorf,
Letta Mbulu,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Mark Hollis,
Barclay James Harvest,
Dark Day,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Basic Channel,
Grey Daturas,
James White and The Blacks,
Girls At Our Best!,
Yazoo,
Maleditus Sound,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Fat Boys,
Bootsy Collins,
Arthur Verocai,
The Dave Clark Five,
Ponytail,
Oneida,
Skarface,
Albert Ayler,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Camouflage,
Malaria!,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Idris Muhammad,
Ralphi Rosario,
Adolescents,
Joe Finger,
The Fuzztones,
Radio Birdman,
Derrick Morgan,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Piero Umiliani,
Fad Gadget,
John Holt,
David Bowie,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
EPMD,
These Immortal Souls,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Panda Bear,
Silicon Teens,
Yellowson,
KRS-One, KRS-One, KRS-One, KRS-One.
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.