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 Lagos.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1968 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the 808 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 Kenny Larkin to the techno 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 Roxette. All the underground hits.
All B.T. Express tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Neil Young record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a theremin and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a X-101 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
La Düsseldorf,
U.S. Maple,
The Kinks,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Yazoo,
The Young Rascals,
Hoover,
Scion,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Make Up,
Erykah Badu,
Metal Thangz,
Ornette Coleman,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Pylon,
Rhythm & Sound,
Maurizio,
Jeff Mills,
Skarface,
Amazonics,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Smiths,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Eddi Front,
The Dead C,
John Lydon,
H. Thieme,
Roxy Music,
Pierre Henry,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Minor Threat,
The Slackers,
The Move,
Yellowson,
Kayak,
Reuben Wilson,
Pere Ubu,
Michelle Simonal,
Darondo,
Robert Hood,
Deadbeat,
Altered Images,
Ohio Players,
Quantec,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Tres Demented,
Lalo Schifrin,
Dual Sessions,
The Sonics,
Parry Music,
EPMD,
Radio Birdman,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
the Human League,
Wally Richardson,
Carl Craig,
The Detroit Cobras,
Main Source,
Peter & Gordon,
AZ,
Cal Tjader,
Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoats, Thee Headcoats.
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.