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 Czech Republic and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1963 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the spring reverb 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 Panda Bear to the punk kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Index. All the underground hits.
All The Mighty Diamonds tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Minnie Riperton record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 a chamberlin and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Art Ensemble Of Chicago record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scott Walker,
Tubeway Army,
10cc,
Frankie Knuckles,
Minutemen,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Dennis Brown,
June of 44,
Moss Icon,
Chris & Cosey,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Juan Atkins,
Nik Kershaw,
Ken Boothe,
Pierre Henry,
The Walker Brothers,
Funkadelic,
Duran Duran,
Minor Threat,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Warren Ellis,
a-ha,
The Dirtbombs,
Zapp,
Anakelly,
Ludus,
Roxette,
Darondo,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
the Association,
Aswad,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
It's A Beautiful Day,
John Holt,
Eddi Front,
Intrusion,
Warsaw,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Pussy Galore,
Deadbeat,
Black Sheep,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Radiohead,
Sällskapet,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Smiths,
Connie Case,
The Barracudas,
Rekid,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Brothers Johnson,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Magma,
Das Ding,
Cal Tjader,
Technova,
Sight & Sound,
Absolute Body Control,
The Blackbyrds,
Avey Tare, Avey Tare, Avey Tare, Avey Tare.
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.