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 Egypt and from London.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1965 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bremen and Paris.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Paris 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Holger Czukay 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 The Leaves to the funk 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 Fat Boys. All the underground hits.
All Alison Limerick tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Carl Craig 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Interpol record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
the Fania All-Stars,
Bobby Byrd,
Aswad,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Q65,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Whodini,
Oneida,
Rakim,
Camouflage,
Delta 5,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Crispian St. Peters,
the Swans,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Sparks,
Scion,
The Gladiators,
Brick,
Anthony Braxton,
Rotary Connection,
The Moleskins,
Idris Muhammad,
Pere Ubu,
Section 25,
Gang of Four,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Tremeloes,
The Birthday Party,
T. Rex,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Minnie Riperton,
The Litter,
Yazoo,
The Dead C,
Boz Scaggs,
Franke,
Neil Young,
Davy DMX,
Panda Bear,
Rufus Thomas,
Gastr Del Sol,
Audionom,
Barry Ungar,
The J.B.'s,
Donny Hathaway,
Josef K,
Sun City Girls,
EPMD,
The Grass Roots,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Amon Düül II,
Young Marble Giants,
Swell Maps,
Nas,
Newcleus,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Popol Vuh,
U.S. Maple,
The Fuzztones,
Darondo,
The Happenings,
Drexciya, Drexciya, Drexciya, Drexciya.
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.