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 El Salvador and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tokyo and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the marimba 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 Von Mondo to the grime 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 The Grass Roots. All the underground hits.
All Tomorrow tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Agitation Free record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an oboe and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Royal Trux record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Basic Channel,
The Move,
Quantec,
Gerry Rafferty,
Desert Stars,
Radiohead,
Delon & Dalcan,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
The Velvet Underground,
Bluetip,
Pulsallama,
Sonny Sharrock,
DJ Sneak,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Neon Judgement,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Guru Guru,
The Moody Blues,
AZ,
Matthew Bourne,
Mary Jane Girls,
Curtis Mayfield,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Davy DMX,
Fad Gadget,
The American Breed,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Hardrive,
Stockholm Monsters,
Mandrill,
Marmalade,
Josef K,
Warsaw,
Jeff Mills,
Moss Icon,
Terrestrial Tones,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Cameo,
Eli Mardock,
Visage,
Morten Harket,
Tears for Fears,
Mars,
The Toasters,
Shuggie Otis,
Steve Hackett,
Ituana,
Blancmange,
Wire,
the Fania All-Stars,
Symarip,
Saccharine Trust,
The Searchers,
Harry Pussy,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Maurizio,
Rakim,
the Swans,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
A Flock of Seagulls,
Chris & Cosey,
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.