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 Woodstock.
But I was there.
I was there in 2001.
I was there at the first Tiga show in Montreal.
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 1964 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Shanghai and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the oboe 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 Minutemen to the rap kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Al Stewart. All the underground hits.
All Sight & Sound tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Shadows of Knight 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Justin Hinds & The Dominoes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Bad Manners,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Danielle Patucci,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Freddie Wadling,
Motorama,
Soft Machine,
Flipper,
The Kinks,
Crooked Eye,
Guru Guru,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Sun Ra,
the Germs,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Brand Nubian,
Easy Going,
Ralphi Rosario,
Underground Resistance,
The Walker Brothers,
Spandau Ballet,
Lebanon Hanover,
The Names,
Cheater Slicks,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Fuzztones,
Quantec,
Fela Kuti,
Vainqueur,
Dennis Brown,
Circle Jerks,
World's Most,
Tropical Tobacco,
The Associates,
Bill Wells,
X-Ray Spex,
the Human League,
DJ Sneak,
Frankie Knuckles,
Ponytail,
Ossler,
Gang of Four,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Faraquet,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Kool Moe Dee,
Kayak,
Lower 48,
Theoretical Girls,
Panda Bear,
Gastr Del Sol,
Porter Ricks,
Camouflage,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Isaac Hayes,
Jeff Mills,
Kevin Saunderson,
Cal Tjader,
Radio Birdman,
Nico,
Andrew Hill,
Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway.
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.