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 Indonesia and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1966 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 synthesizer sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Second Layer to the rock kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks. All the underground hits.
All N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Derrick May record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Grandmaster Flash record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Grandmaster Flash,
Monolake,
Jerry's Kids,
The Shadows of Knight,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Bill Wells,
CMW,
Dennis Brown,
The Mojo Men,
The Litter,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Bad Manners,
Niagra,
Curtis Mayfield,
The Cowsills,
Connie Case,
Dawn Penn,
Radio Birdman,
Franke,
Underground Resistance,
Anakelly,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Soul II Soul,
Symarip,
The Modern Lovers,
Mission of Burma,
Glambeats Corp.,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
A Flock of Seagulls,
E-Dancer,
Sister Nancy,
The Gun Club,
Lalo Schifrin,
Pantaleimon,
The Divine Comedy,
Suicide,
The Offenders,
Amon Düül II,
Lou Christie,
Ken Boothe,
The Tremeloes,
the Normal,
Minny Pops,
Whodini,
The Searchers,
Bang On A Can,
Gang Green,
Make Up,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Doobie Brothers,
Matthew Halsall,
The Trojans,
One Last Wish,
Japan,
The Index,
The Doors,
The Monochrome Set,
Soulsonic Force,
Frankie Knuckles,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Fela Kuti,
Josef K,
Morten Harket, Morten Harket, Morten Harket, Morten Harket.
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.