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 Austria and from Halifax.
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 1960 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Edmonton 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the organ 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 the Human League to the dance kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Chocolate Watch Band. All the underground hits.
All Metal Thangz tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fifty Foot Hose 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Crooked Eye record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Dawn Penn,
Mary Jane Girls,
Au Pairs,
Cal Tjader,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Buzzcocks,
Bobby Sherman,
Desert Stars,
Neil Young,
Gil Scott Heron,
Nirvana,
Fela Kuti,
Organ,
Davy DMX,
Lower 48,
Johnny Osbourne,
Sparks,
Dark Day,
Subhumans,
The Walker Brothers,
Pet Shop Boys,
Joensuu 1685,
World's Most,
The Associates,
Joe Smooth,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Colin Newman,
Wire,
Scratch Acid,
John Foxx,
A Certain Ratio,
Barbara Tucker,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Soul II Soul,
Talk Talk,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
New Order,
Archie Shepp,
Girls At Our Best!,
Jesper Dahlback,
Livin' Joy,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
The Victims,
Sixth Finger,
Pharoah Sanders,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
D'Angelo,
Smog,
Chris & Cosey,
Funkadelic,
The Cure,
The Martian,
Neu!,
Boogie Down Productions,
Young Marble Giants,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Sonic Youth,
The Mojo Men,
Reagan Youth,
The Busters,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.