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 Cambodia and from Mumbai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Philadelphia 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the snare 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 World's Most to the grime kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Das Ding. All the underground hits.
All Franke tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Brand Nubian record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Soul Sonic Force record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a theremin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Motions,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Associates,
Depeche Mode,
X-Ray Spex,
Masters at Work,
Tom Boy,
The Seeds,
Harpers Bizarre,
Radiohead,
Zapp,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Mars,
Wasted Youth,
The Five Americans,
The Vogues,
Rotary Connection,
John Lydon,
Gastr Del Sol,
Public Image Ltd.,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Ice-T,
Bang On A Can,
The Pop Group,
Jeru the Damaja,
MDC,
Brand Nubian,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Bob Dylan,
the Germs,
Black Flag,
Jimmy McGriff,
ABBA,
Colin Newman,
Skaos,
Interpol,
Organ,
Eddi Front,
Isaac Hayes,
Donny Hathaway,
Niagra,
The Doobie Brothers,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Pet Shop Boys,
Piero Umiliani,
Lalo Schifrin,
Tim Buckley,
Rufus Thomas,
Moebius,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Max Romeo,
Aswad,
Fatback Band,
New York Dolls,
Skriet,
Maurizio,
The Saints,
The Move,
Hardrive,
London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir, London Community Gospel Choir.
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.