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 Congo and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1965 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Stockholm and Tehran.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 1978 at the first Visage practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the 808 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 Jimmy McGriff to the grime 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 Aswad. All the underground hits.
All Juan Atkins tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every This Heat record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 linndrum and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Techniques record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Kenny Larkin,
Kool Moe Dee,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Altered Images,
Bill Near,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
David McCallum,
The Flesh Eaters,
X-Ray Spex,
Kaleidoscope,
Delta 5,
Magazine,
Michelle Simonal,
Matthew Bourne,
Bill Wells,
John Foxx,
Maurizio,
Eric Dolphy,
Minny Pops,
Khruangbin,
Duran Duran,
The United States of America,
Jeff Mills,
The Remains,
Godley & Creme,
Dennis Brown,
Minor Threat,
T.S.O.L.,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Marshall Jefferson,
Deakin,
Donny Hathaway,
Hot Snakes,
Yaz,
Soft Machine,
Soft Cell,
These Immortal Souls,
Dave Gahan,
Banda Bassotti,
The Modern Lovers,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Mojo Men,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Avey Tare,
Crooked Eye,
Public Enemy,
The Young Rascals,
Jerry's Kids,
The Neon Judgement,
Underground Resistance,
Sight & Sound,
Joey Negro,
Joy Division,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Deepchord,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Freddie Wadling,
10cc,
Connie Case,
Flash Fearless,
Skriet, Skriet, Skriet, Skriet.
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.