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 Guinea and from Shanghai.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Delhi and London.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 1975 at the first Ubu practice in a loft in Cleveland.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 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 Public Enemy. All the underground hits.
All Visage tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ossler 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 '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a LL Cool J record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sight & Sound,
Johnny Osbourne,
Tommy Roe,
Kool Moe Dee,
Kurtis Blow,
Judy Mowatt,
Scientists,
Lebanon Hanover,
Newcleus,
Chris Corsano,
Bang On A Can,
Tim Buckley,
the Swans,
Wasted Youth,
Ornette Coleman,
Drexciya,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Metal Thangz,
James Chance & The Contortions,
John Coltrane,
The Kinks,
Television,
Morten Harket,
Cecil Taylor,
B.T. Express,
Roy Ayers,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Slick Rick,
Guru Guru,
Cymande,
Ultra Naté,
Vladislav Delay,
Barclay James Harvest,
Grey Daturas,
T. Rex,
K-Klass,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Alphaville,
The Walker Brothers,
Eurythmics,
Rosa Yemen,
Quando Quango,
Peter & Gordon,
Skaos,
Curtis Mayfield,
Adolescents,
Index,
Pantaleimon,
Darondo,
Ten City,
Bizarre Inc.,
MDC,
Au Pairs,
Lee Hazlewood,
Cybotron,
Aaron Thompson,
The Music Machine,
Pulsallama,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Radiopuhelimet,
Rufus Thomas,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell, N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell.
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.