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 Iceland and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1984.
I was there at the first Arcadia show in London.
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 1966 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Johannesburg and Edmonton.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 arpeggiator sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 De La Soul & Jungle Brothers to the electroclash kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Stereo Dub. All the underground hits.
All the Germs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Doors record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Thee Headcoats,
Television Personalities,
The Misunderstood,
Maurizio,
Essential Logic,
Johnny Clarke,
Monolake,
Andrew Hill,
Organ,
The Detroit Cobras,
New Age Steppers,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
This Heat,
Cymande,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
Pierre Henry,
Jeru the Damaja,
Kurtis Blow,
Visage,
One Last Wish,
Joensuu 1685,
Cheater Slicks,
The Invisible,
The Electric Prunes,
Siglo XX,
Rapeman,
Black Bananas,
Arthur Verocai,
Sexual Harrassment,
the Human League,
Sight & Sound,
The Sound,
Rod Modell,
Rekid,
Man Parrish,
Man Eating Sloth,
June of 44,
Sixth Finger,
The Slits,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Hashim,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Arab on Radar,
Mantronix,
The Cramps,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Terry Callier,
The Divine Comedy,
Boz Scaggs,
Radiohead,
Fear,
Symarip,
Masters at Work,
Bang On A Can,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Make Up,
The Dave Clark Five,
It's A Beautiful Day,
KRS-One, KRS-One, KRS-One, KRS-One.
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.