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 Andorra and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1980.
I was there at the first Cybotron show in Detroit.
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 1960 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Madrid.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Copenhagen 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 1976 at the first Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the harpsichord 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 Sister Nancy to the punk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Boogie Down Productions. All the underground hits.
All Johnny Clarke tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 808 and an oboe 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 oboe and bought a sitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Junior Murvin,
James White and The Blacks,
Steve Hackett,
Suicide,
Crooked Eye,
Derrick May,
the Normal,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Kayak,
Marvin Gaye,
Warren Ellis,
Todd Terry,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Fela Kuti,
Cameo,
Quantec,
Soul Sonic Force,
Wally Richardson,
Goldenarms,
Terry Callier,
Shuggie Otis,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Reagan Youth,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Kool Moe Dee,
Chris & Cosey,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
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Robert Hood,
Joey Negro,
The Gap Band,
Moby Grape,
Dave Gahan,
Hot Snakes,
Rites of Spring,
The Fuzztones,
Yusef Lateef,
the Germs,
Zapp,
Lebanon Hanover,
Average White Band,
Ten City,
Yellowson,
Eric B and Rakim,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Dirtbombs,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Mummies,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Monks,
Lou Christie,
Quando Quango,
The Motions,
The Durutti Column,
Arab on Radar,
Jeff Mills,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Echospace,
The Victims,
Lucky Dragons,
Peter and Kerry,
Spoonie Gee,
Tommy Roe, Tommy Roe, Tommy Roe, Tommy Roe.
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.