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 Azerbaijan and from Manchester.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1969 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1979 at the first Josef K practice in a loft in Edinburgh.
I was working on the theremin 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 Junior Murvin to the rap kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Strawberry Alarm Clock. All the underground hits.
All Alphaville tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Delon & Dalcan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Wolf Eyes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a chamberlin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Quantec,
Thompson Twins,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Robert Hood,
The Gap Band,
Cybotron,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
The Names,
Arcadia,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks,
Nas,
Accadde A,
Sight & Sound,
Young Marble Giants,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
London Community Gospel Choir,
The Divine Comedy,
The Searchers,
Icehouse,
Eric B and Rakim,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
cv313,
Smog,
Simply Red,
Bizarre Inc.,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Minutemen,
Joensuu 1685,
Bobby Womack,
Khruangbin,
John Holt,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The United States of America,
AZ,
Kurtis Blow,
Sonic Youth,
Jerry's Kids,
Tears for Fears,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
DJ Style,
CMW,
Donald Byrd,
Altered Images,
Fela Kuti,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Don Cherry,
Agent Orange,
Joey Negro,
Scion,
Davy DMX,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Jimmy McGriff,
Roxette,
Kerri Chandler,
Tom Boy,
DJ Sneak,
Avey Tare,
Jesper Dahlback,
Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis, Alton Ellis.
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.