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 Montenegro and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in 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 1962 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Milan.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 1983 at the first Lewis practice in a loft in Vancouver.
I was working on the organ 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 Q and Not U to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Jandek. All the underground hits.
All June Days tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Country Teasers record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge 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 snare and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Godley & Creme record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sandy B,
Parry Music,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Skarface,
Boredoms,
Kayak,
Marcia Griffiths,
The Index,
Soulsonic Force,
Lower 48,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Qualms,
Vainqueur,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Eric B and Rakim,
Rapeman,
Morten Harket,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Al Stewart,
Warsaw,
Roxy Music,
Masters at Work,
Harmonia,
Stetsasonic,
Delta 5,
Wally Richardson,
Grauzone,
The Detroit Cobras,
Ronan,
Janne Schatter,
Royal Trux,
Aural Exciters,
FM Einheit,
Accadde A,
Terry Callier,
Bang On A Can,
Crash Course in Science,
Neil Young,
John Holt,
Sonic Youth,
Gerry Rafferty,
Fear,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
The Zeros,
Lucky Dragons,
Camberwell Now,
The Tremeloes,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Toasters,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Raincoats,
Matthew Bourne,
Robert Hood,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Juan Atkins,
Bootsy Collins,
Wings,
Brand Nubian,
Yusef Lateef,
The Happenings,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Gichy Dan, Gichy Dan, Gichy Dan, Gichy Dan.
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.