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 New Zealand and from Cairo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 1984 at the first Arcadia practice in a loft in London.
I was working on the clarinet 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 The Evens to the jazz 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 The Toasters. All the underground hits.
All Connie Case tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ronan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dave Gahan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Monolake,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Delta 5,
Blossom Toes,
Tubeway Army,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Fortunes,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Arthur Verocai,
Davy DMX,
Oneida,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Second Layer,
Goldenarms,
Howard Jones,
Mo-Dettes,
Con Funk Shun,
Fat Boys,
Avey Tare,
Jawbox,
The Cowsills,
The Gories,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Alarm Clocks,
Wally Richardson,
Amazonics,
Reuben Wilson,
Sällskapet,
Organ,
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Parry Music,
Frankie Knuckles,
Byron Stingily,
Buzzcocks,
The Human League,
Scion,
The Skatalites,
AZ,
Jimmy McGriff,
Tres Demented,
Idris Muhammad,
DJ Style,
Ten City,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Ronnie Foster,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Rakim,
Connie Case,
James White and The Blacks,
Jacques Brel,
Sun Ra,
The Tremeloes,
Public Image Ltd.,
Scrapy,
Laurel Aitken,
Joy Division,
Leonard Cohen,
Peter and Kerry,
The Moody Blues,
Gang of Four,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.