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 Armenia and from Spokane.
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 1966 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Bologna and Sao Paulo.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tokyo 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 sitar sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Easy Going to the disco kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Inner City. All the underground hits.
All Scion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Nik Kershaw record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a güiro.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a clarinet.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Loose Ends,
Can,
The Standells,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Delta 5,
the Association,
Gil Scott Heron,
Jandek,
Bang On A Can,
Sparks,
Aswad,
Sugar Minott,
The Knickerbockers,
Lee Hazlewood,
Alphaville,
Bad Manners,
Panda Bear,
Funky Four + One,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Wolf Eyes,
Circle Jerks,
Archie Shepp,
The Golliwogs,
Blancmange,
The Angels of Light,
The Smoke,
Be Bop Deluxe,
Joe Finger,
Thee Headcoats,
Massinfluence,
Marcia Griffiths,
Jerry Gold Smith,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Arab on Radar,
Ituana,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Television Personalities,
JFA,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
The Slackers,
Mantronix,
Bootsy Collins,
Depeche Mode,
The Monochrome Set,
Theoretical Girls,
Pharoah Sanders,
Bob Dylan,
The Fortunes,
Shuggie Otis,
Drexciya,
Average White Band,
Sällskapet,
Nico,
Mission of Burma,
Robert Wyatt,
The Saints,
Jesper Dahlback,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Cymande,
Robert Hood,
Outsiders,
Black Sheep, Black Sheep, Black Sheep, Black Sheep.
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.