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 Malawi and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Second Layer show in South London.
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 1966 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Delhi 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the guitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Rekid to the crunk 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 Ten City. All the underground hits.
All Joe Finger tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every New Order record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Marshall Jefferson record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Agent Orange,
Young Marble Giants,
Eric Dolphy,
Hardrive,
Nation of Ulysses,
Sixth Finger,
The Stooges,
New York Dolls,
Tomorrow,
Colin Newman,
Quando Quango,
AZ,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Ludus,
Sight & Sound,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Graham Central Station,
Echospace,
Rhythm & Sound,
John Coltrane,
Gastr Del Sol,
The Victims,
Arcadia,
Brand Nubian,
Ultravox,
Guru Guru,
Neu!,
Sandy B,
The Residents,
Animal Collective,
Das Ding,
Black Flag,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Tommy Roe,
Junior Murvin,
Lee Hazlewood,
Lou Christie,
Gang Starr,
Zapp,
The Trojans,
Circle Jerks,
Drive Like Jehu,
Aloha Tigers,
Scion,
Rotary Connection,
Funky Four + One,
Agitation Free,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Erykah Badu,
Radio Birdman,
Quadrant,
Mantronix,
Eyeless In Gaza,
The Shadows of Knight,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
The Five Americans,
The New Christs,
Barbara Tucker,
Procol Harum,
Public Image Ltd.,
Derrick Morgan,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pantytec,
Monolake, Monolake, Monolake, Monolake.
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.