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 France and from Jakarta.
But I was there.
I was there in 1970.
I was there at the first Onyeabor show in Enugu.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school London 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 mellotron 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 The Young Rascals to the punk kids.
I played it at the Crocodile.
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 Audionom. All the underground hits.
All Audionom tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bootsy Collins record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a guitar and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Big Daddy Kane record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare 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 Cure,
Harpers Bizarre,
Rekid,
E-Dancer,
Man Eating Sloth,
Louis and Bebe Barron,
Todd Terry,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Mark Hollis,
Q65,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Spandau Ballet,
Nas,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Suburban Knight,
Junior Murvin,
Pussy Galore,
Mars,
Ken Boothe,
David Axelrod,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Mary Jane Girls,
Fatback Band,
One Last Wish,
Dorothy Ashby,
Quantec,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Crispy Ambulance,
K-Klass,
Monks,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Ornette Coleman,
Barbara Tucker,
Brand Nubian,
Stetsasonic,
Amazonics,
Kas Product,
David Bowie,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Peter & Gordon,
Gang of Four,
Dave Gahan,
B.T. Express,
Andrew Hill,
Wings,
Technova,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Warren Ellis,
The Cowsills,
Ludus,
Reuben Wilson,
Yellowson,
Gang Starr,
Pylon,
James White and The Blacks,
Judy Mowatt,
Bluetip,
Funkadelic,
Pet Shop Boys,
Freddie Wadling, Freddie Wadling, Freddie Wadling, Freddie Wadling.
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.