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 Netherlands and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Can show in Cologne.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 David Axelrod to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Pharoah Sanders. All the underground hits.
All Bobby Womack tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Electric Prunes 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Arab on Radar record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Roxy Music,
Blossom Toes,
The Five Americans,
Kayak,
The Techniques,
June Days,
The American Breed,
Lalann,
Charles Mingus,
The Modern Lovers,
Bizarre Inc.,
Rosa Yemen,
Josef K,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
the Slits,
Amazonics,
Girls At Our Best!,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Joe Smooth,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
D'Angelo,
Aloha Tigers,
the Soft Cell,
Donald Byrd,
Minutemen,
K-Klass,
Iggy Pop,
Hardrive,
John Coltrane,
Minny Pops,
Minnie Riperton,
Nik Kershaw,
Sun City Girls,
New Order,
FM Einheit,
Barry Ungar,
June of 44,
Flash Fearless,
Yusef Lateef,
Absolute Body Control,
Gang of Four,
Eric Dolphy,
Matthew Halsall,
Model 500,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Electric Prunes,
Soul II Soul,
Mr. Review,
The Associates,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Oneida,
Magma,
Metal Thangz,
Easy Going,
The Martian,
The Standells,
Wire,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
The Searchers,
David Axelrod,
Joyce Sims,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz, Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz.
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.