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 Iran and from Houston.
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 1967 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Sao Paulo 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 John Cale to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Aswad. All the underground hits.
All The Remains tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Alice Coltrane record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap 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 a theremin and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Gregory Isaacs record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Anakelly,
Eric B and Rakim,
Bootsy Collins,
Brand Nubian,
Todd Terry,
Hot Snakes,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Nirvana,
Tomorrow,
Camouflage,
Parry Music,
Johnny Clarke,
Public Enemy,
Lee Hazlewood,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Derrick May,
Stereo Dub,
Frankie Knuckles,
Carl Craig,
Amon Düül II,
This Heat,
John Foxx,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Sun City Girls,
R.M.O.,
Joe Finger,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Guru Guru,
Pet Shop Boys,
Accadde A,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Pharoah Sanders,
Fat Boys,
Yusef Lateef,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The Offenders,
Wire,
Glambeats Corp.,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Gabor Szabo,
Rufus Thomas,
Audionom,
Nils Olav,
Black Flag,
Neu!,
Nick Fraelich,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Das Ding,
Junior Murvin,
Eli Mardock,
The Smiths,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Litter,
Marc Almond,
Jeru the Damaja,
Erykah Badu,
Camberwell Now,
Susan Cadogan,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
kango's stein massive,
X-102,
T. Rex, T. Rex, T. Rex, T. Rex.
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.