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 San Marino and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in London and Shanghai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Johannesburg 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 Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the organ 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 Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience to the dance 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 June Days. All the underground hits.
All Sun Ra Arkestra tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a James White and The Blacks record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Matthew Bourne,
Agitation Free,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Animal Collective,
The Buckinghams,
The Kinks,
The Monochrome Set,
The Neon Judgement,
The Cure,
Quantec,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Sound,
Man Parrish,
Suburban Knight,
The Mighty Diamonds,
John Holt,
Alison Limerick,
FM Einheit,
cv313,
Lucky Dragons,
CMW,
Joey Negro,
Scott Walker,
Dead Boys,
Drive Like Jehu,
Tres Demented,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
OOIOO,
Clear Light,
Bluetip,
The Slits,
Hasil Adkins,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Nils Olav,
Black Pus,
Dawn Penn,
Eric Dolphy,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Marshall Jefferson,
Gichy Dan,
The American Breed,
Max Romeo,
Oblivians,
The Litter,
Procol Harum,
Fat Boys,
The United States of America,
The Skatalites,
Fifty Foot Hose,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Vogues,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Tim Buckley,
The Divine Comedy,
Faraquet,
Loose Ends,
Slave,
Make Up,
Skaos,
L. Decosne,
The Evens,
The Misunderstood, The Misunderstood, The Misunderstood, The Misunderstood.
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.