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 Iceland and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia 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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm 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 1977 at the first Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the guitar 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 The J.B.'s to the techno kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 UT. All the underground hits.
All EPMD tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Flash Fearless record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 synthesizer and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Flipper record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bill Wells,
Pantytec,
Anakelly,
The Beau Brummels,
Cybotron,
This Heat,
cv313,
Rites of Spring,
Scion,
Lou Reed,
Susan Cadogan,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Idris Muhammad,
Arcadia,
Iggy Pop,
The Evens,
Severed Heads,
The Residents,
Animal Collective,
Soul II Soul,
Anthony Braxton,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Oneida,
Tropical Tobacco,
Brick,
Isaac Hayes,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Young Marble Giants,
Matthew Halsall,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The United States of America,
Kas Product,
New Age Steppers,
Desert Stars,
Carl Craig,
Robert Hood,
Rod Modell,
Fear,
Radio Birdman,
Average White Band,
Ultimate Spinach,
Malaria!,
Bad Manners,
Black Pus,
Faraquet,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Sixth Finger,
Grandmaster Flash,
It's A Beautiful Day,
The Techniques,
Leonard Cohen,
The Monks,
Lebanon Hanover,
Visage,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Flash Fearless,
Tres Demented,
Lightning Bolt,
Bill Near,
Jimmy McGriff,
Jerry's Kids,
Qualms,
AZ,
H. Thieme, H. Thieme, H. Thieme, H. Thieme.
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.