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 Malawi and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 Edmonton and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Crispy Ambulance to the grime kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Soft Machine. All the underground hits.
All the Swans tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Sonics 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kool Moe Dee record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
UT,
Dennis Brown,
Dorothy Ashby,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Inner City,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Mojo Men,
Bad Manners,
Country Teasers,
Barclay James Harvest,
Unrelated Segments,
The Evens,
Grauzone,
The Music Machine,
FM Einheit,
Kayak,
Grey Daturas,
Soulsonic Force,
Deadbeat,
Kevin Saunderson,
Jesper Dahlback,
Rhythm & Sound,
Davy DMX,
Marshall Jefferson,
Newcleus,
Laurel Aitken,
Roy Ayers,
Eden Ahbez,
Scrapy,
Frankie Knuckles,
Intrusion,
Crime,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
New Order,
Yazoo,
Pet Shop Boys,
The Cure,
The Stooges,
Al Stewart,
Michelle Simonal,
Rod Modell,
Amon Düül II,
Icehouse,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft,
Moebius,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Mars,
Amazonics,
Donny Hathaway,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Ken Boothe,
Pulsallama,
The American Breed,
The Happenings,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Malaria!,
Accadde A,
E-Dancer, E-Dancer, E-Dancer, E-Dancer.
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.