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 Bangladesh and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1961 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the mellotron 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 June Days to the electroclash 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 Sad Lovers and Giants. All the underground hits.
All Newcleus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Offenders 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 '50s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Fluxion record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Danielle Patucci,
Kurtis Blow,
Sonny Sharrock,
Peter and Kerry,
LL Cool J,
Idris Muhammad,
Underground Resistance,
Kas Product,
Stetsasonic,
Eddi Front,
CMW,
Todd Terry,
Outsiders,
Japan,
Magma,
Ralphi Rosario,
Bobby Byrd,
Qualms,
Fear,
China Crisis,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Charles Mingus,
Bill Wells,
The Mojo Men,
Stereo Dub,
Donald Byrd,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Jimmy McGriff,
Bronski Beat,
Sonic Youth,
New Age Steppers,
The Invisible,
Piero Umiliani,
Tom Boy,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Morten Harket,
The Gories,
The Litter,
Ronan,
Organ,
David McCallum,
Marvin Gaye,
Fad Gadget,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Patti Smith,
Icehouse,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
a-ha,
Funky Four + One,
Soul II Soul,
Visage,
Mo-Dettes,
Lakeside,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Curtis Mayfield,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Rod Modell,
Matthew Bourne,
Scan 7,
Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti, Fela Kuti.
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.