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 Germany and from Manchester.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Woodstock.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 1979 at the first Second Layer practice in a loft in South London.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Arab on Radar to the disco kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Pantytec. All the underground hits.
All Scientists tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bronski Beat record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk 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 synthesizer and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Jesus and Mary Chain record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Newcleus,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Quando Quango,
48th St. Collective,
Idris Muhammad,
Mantronix,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Little Man,
Frankie Knuckles,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Moby Grape,
In Retrospect,
Charles Mingus,
Joyce Sims,
World's Most,
Thee Headcoats,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Duran Duran,
DNA,
Kerrie Biddell,
Whodini,
Yusef Lateef,
Cymande,
The Associates,
Ralphi Rosario,
Jesper Dahlback,
Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Franke,
Isaac Hayes,
Parry Music,
James White and The Blacks,
Nick Fraelich,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Beasts of Bourbon,
The Moody Blues,
Rod Modell,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Eric Copeland,
Fatback Band,
Negative Approach,
Gregory Isaacs,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Arthur Verocai,
The Techniques,
Bobby Byrd,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Colin Newman,
Jerry's Kids,
AZ,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Carl Craig,
Wire,
Television,
Terry Callier,
Section 25,
Cybotron,
Freddie Wadling,
Bluetip,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Ice-T,
JFA,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes.
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.