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 Taiwan and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the theremin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Vogues to the punk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Zapp. All the underground hits.
All The Raincoats tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Fatback Band record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rhythim Is Rhythim record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Alarm Clocks,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Scratch Acid,
Groovy Waters,
Bootsy Collins,
Agitation Free,
Eric Copeland,
Harmonia,
Carl Craig,
The Real Kids,
Cluster,
Babytalk,
The Dead C,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Ultimate Spinach,
Boogie Down Productions,
Kaleidoscope,
Q65,
UT,
Sam Rivers,
Neil Young,
Pantaleimon,
Yazoo,
Jacques Brel,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
the Sonics,
The Searchers,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Television Personalities,
Boredoms,
Girls At Our Best!,
Jandek,
Lebanon Hanover,
Bang On A Can,
Crash Course in Science,
Monks,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Fire Engines,
La Düsseldorf,
Moby Grape,
LL Cool J,
Fela Kuti,
The Techniques,
Fatback Band,
Wolf Eyes,
The Standells,
The Doors,
Clear Light,
Nils Olav,
Freddie Wadling,
Ralphi Rosario,
Interpol,
Lower 48,
Absolute Body Control,
The Modern Lovers,
Rapeman,
Pussy Galore,
Joy Division,
The Red Krayola,
Reagan Youth,
Albert Ayler,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.