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 Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1968 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Columbus and Manchester.
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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Captain Beefheart 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 Idris Muhammad to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Marine Girls. All the underground hits.
All Icehouse tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Scratch Acid record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 808 and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Silicon Teens record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought an oboe.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Durutti Column,
Frankie Knuckles,
Camberwell Now,
Eurythmics,
Anthony Braxton,
Girls At Our Best!,
Howard Jones,
Unwound,
Supertramp,
Sixth Finger,
John Coltrane,
Clear Light,
Zero Boys,
Lungfish,
Glenn Branca,
LL Cool J,
Robert Görl,
Sound Behaviour,
Alphaville,
The Raincoats,
The Tremeloes,
Mantronix,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
FM Einheit,
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Scan 7,
Amazonics,
Urselle,
Los Fastidios,
Magazine,
Organ,
Royal Trux,
the Germs,
Spoonie Gee,
Main Source,
Sandy B,
The Evens,
Lower 48,
Jerry's Kids,
Index,
John Foxx,
The Neon Judgement,
Mary Jane Girls,
Suicide,
Scott Walker,
the Swans,
Sight & Sound,
Fear,
June of 44,
Ralphi Rosario,
Minny Pops,
Barclay James Harvest,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
The Beau Brummels,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Todd Terry,
Flash Fearless,
The J.B.'s,
Ohio Players,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam, Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam.
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.