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 Philippines and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 guitar 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 Thompson Twins to the techno kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Liliput. All the underground hits.
All Jeff Lynne tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Von Mondo 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Drive Like Jehu record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Charles Mingus,
The Star Department,
Monolake,
Magazine,
The Cramps,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Eden Ahbez,
Tim Buckley,
Gang Starr,
Prince Buster,
Bobby Sherman,
Arab on Radar,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Yusef Lateef,
Swans,
The Slits,
John Foxx,
Hashim,
These Immortal Souls,
Flamin' Groovies,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
T.S.O.L.,
the Fania All-Stars,
Mo-Dettes,
Q65,
Alton Ellis,
Audionom,
James White and The Blacks,
Flipper,
The Mojo Men,
Minor Threat,
Kenny Larkin,
World's Most,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Bob Dylan,
JFA,
Anthony Braxton,
Andrew Hill,
Nas,
Amon Düül,
The Fire Engines,
Mars,
Amon Düül II,
The Index,
The Cure,
Sonny Sharrock,
Ossler,
Liliput,
Heaven 17,
Ronnie Foster,
Q and Not U,
Sugar Minott,
Ultimate Spinach,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Goldenarms,
Thompson Twins,
Deadbeat,
Leonard Cohen,
B.T. Express,
The Beau Brummels,
The Saints,
Depeche Mode,
June Days, June Days, June Days, June Days.
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.