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 Gabon and from Mexico City.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Thee Headcoats to the disco kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Hashim. All the underground hits.
All R.M.O. tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every One Last Wish record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yazoo record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a snare.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
The Golliwogs,
Roy Ayers,
Chris Corsano,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Royal Trux,
Chrome,
Talk Talk,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Maurizio,
Chris & Cosey,
Theoretical Girls,
Oneida,
EPMD,
Masters at Work,
David Bowie,
Q65,
The Smiths,
The Gories,
The Monks,
Joey Negro,
D'Angelo,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Model 500,
Sister Nancy,
The Birthday Party,
Joyce Sims,
Patti Smith,
The Busters,
The Trojans,
Gastr Del Sol,
Fad Gadget,
Monolake,
Warren Ellis,
Stetsasonic,
Lee Hazlewood,
Newcleus,
Wire,
The Dave Clark Five,
Terrestrial Tones,
Fugazi,
The Last Poets,
Quantec,
PIL,
Roger Hodgson,
Alton Ellis,
Leonard Cohen,
The Gun Club,
Donald Byrd,
Popol Vuh,
The Fugs,
Bobbi Humphrey,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Kas Product,
Marshall Jefferson,
Nils Olav,
Barrington Levy,
Mad Mike,
Cal Tjader,
Pere Ubu,
Bluetip,
Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd., Public Image Ltd..
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.