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 Chad and from Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 Bremen and Manchester.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bologna 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 Wire practice in a loft in Watford.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Harpers Bizarre to the funk 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 Schoolly D. All the underground hits.
All Sandy B tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Misunderstood 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an arpeggiator and a spring reverb and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Dave Gahan,
John Holt,
Q and Not U,
Sonic Youth,
Sparks,
Gang Green,
Sugar Minott,
Todd Terry,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Names,
One Last Wish,
Radio Birdman,
Grauzone,
the Sonics,
Charles Mingus,
Erykah Badu,
The Dead C,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Laurel Aitken,
Gichy Dan,
Sight & Sound,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Quadrant,
The Busters,
Tommy Roe,
Black Moon,
Cymande,
Crime,
Surgeon,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
the Germs,
Cameo,
Tom Boy,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
the Normal,
Drive Like Jehu,
Babytalk,
Wings,
Crispy Ambulance,
LL Cool J,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
The Cowsills,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Dual Sessions,
Whodini,
Barbara Tucker,
The Leaves,
Byron Stingily,
Intrusion,
Joe Smooth,
Schoolly D,
Lou Christie,
Rufus Thomas,
Joy Division,
Young Marble Giants,
Juan Atkins,
Arcadia,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Kevin Saunderson,
Bootsy Collins,
Flipper,
Bluetip,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes.
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.