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 Nicaragua and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic 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 1963 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Milan and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Portland 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 harpsichord 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 Zero Boys to the grunge 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 Goldenarms. All the underground hits.
All Charles Mingus tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Knickerbockers 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 chamberlin and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a June of 44 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Grey Daturas,
Wolf Eyes,
Deakin,
Nas,
Ohio Players,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Laurel Aitken,
Nils Olav,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Gang of Four,
The Fugs,
X-101,
Hardrive,
Brand Nubian,
Chrome,
The Blackbyrds,
Davy DMX,
Amon Düül,
Mandrill,
Pulsallama,
Althea and Donna,
Scientists,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
The Slackers,
Glambeats Corp.,
Eurythmics,
Erykah Badu,
The Wake,
Spandau Ballet,
Scott Walker,
Mission of Burma,
the Association,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Roxette,
Kas Product,
Kerrie Biddell,
Cymande,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
Archie Shepp,
Anthony Braxton,
The Searchers,
Echospace,
Duran Duran,
Black Moon,
Youth Brigade,
Basic Channel,
10cc,
B.T. Express,
Rites of Spring,
The Birthday Party,
The Music Machine,
Goldenarms,
The Smoke,
Charles Mingus,
Marvin Gaye,
the Germs,
Second Layer,
Soul Sonic Force,
Barrington Levy,
It's A Beautiful Day,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Hutcherson.
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.