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 Monaco and from Stockholm.
But I was there.
I was there in 1978.
I was there at the first Visage 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 1961 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 guitar 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 Maleditus Sound to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Alison Limerick. All the underground hits.
All The Moody Blues tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Todd Terry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Groovy Waters record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
a-ha,
DJ Sneak,
Nas,
The Red Krayola,
Ornette Coleman,
Zero Boys,
The Cosmic Jokers,
cv313,
Clear Light,
Duran Duran,
Sonny Sharrock,
Ultimate Spinach,
Pierre Henry,
Scratch Acid,
Amon Düül,
Crash Course in Science,
Pet Shop Boys,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Joey Negro,
Tears for Fears,
Alphaville,
Bootsy Collins,
Gastr Del Sol,
Pylon,
Junior Murvin,
Bizarre Inc.,
Wasted Youth,
Radiopuhelimet,
Kool Moe Dee,
Outsiders,
Kenny Larkin,
Dorothy Ashby,
The Fall,
Darondo,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Barry Ungar,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Suicide,
B.T. Express,
Marine Girls,
The Happenings,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Faraquet,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Mantronix,
Drive Like Jehu,
The Names,
Bill Wells,
Byron Stingily,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Jesper Dahlback,
Gang Starr,
Grauzone,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Oblivians,
Ultra Naté,
Yellowson,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Johnny Clarke,
Crispy Ambulance,
Arcadia,
Nils Olav,
Rufus Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Rufus Thomas.
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.