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 Nepal and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1963 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu to the rap 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 Delta 5. All the underground hits.
All Half Japanese tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ohio Players 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Heavy D & The Boyz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet 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 Sonics,
Pere Ubu,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Cecil Taylor,
Nik Kershaw,
Grandmaster Flash,
Pharoah Sanders,
The Stooges,
Agitation Free,
The Star Department,
Malaria!,
JFA,
The Count Five,
Grauzone,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Hoover,
Supertramp,
Juan Atkins,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Black Pus,
Outsiders,
Slick Rick,
Easy Going,
Idris Muhammad,
Lalann,
Nico,
Metal Thangz,
Anakelly,
The Tremeloes,
Danielle Patucci,
Amazonics,
Patti Smith,
Pierre Henry,
Bobby Womack,
Jeff Mills,
Godley & Creme,
Mad Mike,
Flipper,
Chris Corsano,
Q and Not U,
The Birthday Party,
Faraquet,
Fear,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Soul II Soul,
Skarface,
Quantec,
David Axelrod,
Johnny Clarke,
Electric Prunes,
Brand Nubian,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Camouflage,
Joyce Sims,
Basic Channel,
Robert Wyatt,
Aural Exciters,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Angry Samoans,
Country Teasers,
Can,
Newcleus,
London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir.
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.