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 Eritrea and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1983.
I was there at the first Art of Noise show in 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 1965 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Houston and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Cairo 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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the 808 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 Clear Light to the jazz 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 Lonnie Liston Smith. All the underground hits.
All Easy Going tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sight & Sound record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Invisible record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
China Crisis,
Tom Boy,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Alison Limerick,
Smog,
Make Up,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Pop Group,
The Young Rascals,
Matthew Halsall,
Nico,
Jesper Dahlback,
T.S.O.L.,
Aloha Tigers,
Joe Smooth,
Qualms,
Yusef Lateef,
The Fuzztones,
Freddie Wadling,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
John Holt,
Grauzone,
Pussy Galore,
Peter & Gordon,
Reuben Wilson,
Agitation Free,
Theoretical Girls,
the Sonics,
Bootsy Collins,
Intrusion,
Terry Callier,
Amon Düül II,
Bauhaus,
Model 500,
Marshall Jefferson,
Jawbox,
The Cure,
Pere Ubu,
Eddi Front,
Flipper,
Dead Boys,
Hardrive,
Nick Fraelich,
Gil Scott Heron,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Gong,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Flamin' Groovies,
Roger Hodgson,
Scion,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
the Normal,
The Grass Roots,
The Last Poets,
Marmalade,
EPMD,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Wolf Eyes,
Rekid,
The Raincoats, The Raincoats, The Raincoats, The Raincoats.
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.