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 Belgium and from Paris.
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 1966 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Accra.
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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the marimba 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 World's Most to the jazz 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 Grauzone. All the underground hits.
All Roxy Music tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bobby Byrd 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a harpsichord and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Joensuu 1685 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Judy Mowatt,
New Order,
E-Dancer,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
D'Angelo,
Joyce Sims,
Aswad,
Stockholm Monsters,
The Smoke,
Motorama,
Inner City,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Maurizio,
Roxy Music,
Intrusion,
Unwound,
The Leaves,
Hasil Adkins,
Soft Machine,
Bootsy Collins,
Pantaleimon,
The Mummies,
Pet Shop Boys,
Pussy Galore,
Alison Limerick,
Aloha Tigers,
Yellowson,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Kenny Larkin,
Infiniti,
Mantronix,
The Fire Engines,
The Fugs,
Soul Sonic Force,
Eddi Front,
The Birthday Party,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Harpers Bizarre,
Bluetip,
Guru Guru,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Sister Nancy,
Glenn Branca,
Cybotron,
Newcleus,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Main Source,
Piero Umiliani,
Marvin Gaye,
Babytalk,
New Age Steppers,
AZ,
The Real Kids,
Pylon,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Television Personalities,
Lebanon Hanover,
Derrick May,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Aaron Thompson,
Terry Callier, Terry Callier, Terry Callier, Terry Callier.
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.