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 Malta and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South 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 1962 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Lyon.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Woodstock 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 Panda Bear to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Skarface. All the underground hits.
All Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pylon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Anakelly record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Evens,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Darondo,
Sister Nancy,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Blancmange,
Big Daddy Kane,
Gang Starr,
Rod Modell,
Maleditus Sound,
Al Stewart,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Negative Approach,
Fort Wilson Riot,
PIL,
Yaz,
Curtis Mayfield,
Kenny Larkin,
the Association,
Drexciya,
Joensuu 1685,
Camberwell Now,
The Associates,
The Modern Lovers,
Andrew Hill,
Quadrant,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Cymande,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Ultra Naté,
Johnny Clarke,
Half Japanese,
Public Image Ltd.,
Amon Düül,
The Searchers,
Marine Girls,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Inner City,
Kurtis Blow,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Man Parrish,
Chris Corsano,
Tres Demented,
Charles Mingus,
Nas,
Motorama,
The Slits,
Audionom,
Television,
Stiv Bators,
Roxette,
Ornette Coleman,
Echospace,
Althea and Donna,
The Fugs,
Stereo Dub,
The Durutti Column,
Wings,
The Fuzztones,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Skaos,
Lakeside,
Joy Division, Joy Division, Joy Division, Joy Division.
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.