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 Malaysia and from Tokyo.
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 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Seoul.
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 1962 at the first Guess Who practice in a loft in Winnipeg.
I was working on the güiro sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Donny Hathaway to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Hashim. All the underground hits.
All Darondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ultravox record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 marimba and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Connie Case record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Zero Boys,
Ralphi Rosario,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Mo-Dettes,
Lungfish,
Au Pairs,
Moss Icon,
The Star Department,
Siglo XX,
Massinfluence,
Throbbing Gristle,
Trumans Water,
Brand Nubian,
Supertramp,
Cal Tjader,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Harmonia,
Zapp,
Reagan Youth,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Peter and Kerry,
Rhythm & Sound,
Davy DMX,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Country Teasers,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
Jeff Mills,
The Offenders,
Funkadelic,
Pantytec,
Japan,
Arab on Radar,
The Gories,
Ronnie Foster,
Rotary Connection,
Mandrill,
a-ha,
Sight & Sound,
Accadde A,
The Fuzztones,
Unwound,
Jacques Brel,
Pet Shop Boys,
Joyce Sims,
Spoonie Gee,
Pole,
Jeff Lynne,
Flash Fearless,
The Cure,
The Human League,
Bobby Byrd,
The Busters,
Fat Boys,
The Mummies,
Letta Mbulu,
Lightning Bolt,
Ultra Naté,
Althea and Donna,
Tommy Roe,
Clear Light,
Godley & Creme,
Unrelated Segments, Unrelated Segments, Unrelated Segments, Unrelated Segments.
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.