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 Greece and from Bologna.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide show in New York.
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 1967 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Seoul and Delhi.
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 1977 at the first Human League practice in a loft in Sheffield.
I was working on the sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Vladislav Delay to the techno kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 The Monochrome Set. All the underground hits.
All Pulsallama tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Anakelly record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Cymande record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scan 7,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
The Doors,
Suburban Knight,
The Birthday Party,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Fela Kuti,
New Age Steppers,
Nico,
Fluxion,
Pylon,
Archie Shepp,
Rotary Connection,
The Associates,
The Count Five,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Todd Terry,
Johnny Clarke,
John Coltrane,
Ash Ra Tempel,
The Victims,
Soul Sonic Force,
Easy Going,
Rakim,
Junior Murvin,
Desert Stars,
Moby Grape,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Eric Copeland,
Ohio Players,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Yellowson,
Max Romeo,
The Red Krayola,
The Gories,
Chris Corsano,
The Gap Band,
Glambeats Corp.,
Moss Icon,
The Misunderstood,
Smog,
Isaac Hayes,
Leonard Cohen,
Circle Jerks,
Yaz,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
China Crisis,
Von Mondo,
Maleditus Sound,
Roy Ayers,
Technova,
Jacob Miller,
Sonny Sharrock,
Drexciya,
Joensuu 1685,
L. Decosne,
Joe Smooth,
Derrick Morgan,
Jeff Lynne,
The Mighty Diamonds,
James White and The Blacks,
Reuben Wilson,
The Moody Blues, The Moody Blues, The Moody Blues, The Moody Blues.
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.