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 St Lucia and from Paris.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Neu! show in Düsseldorf.
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 1969 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and New York.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 linndrum 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 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth to the rock 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 Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz. All the underground hits.
All the Fania All-Stars tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Susan Cadogan record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a chamberlin and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Electric Prunes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your marimba and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a marimba.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Scan 7,
The Doobie Brothers,
Niagra,
Tres Demented,
Icehouse,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Spandau Ballet,
Marvin Gaye,
Brick,
Eli Mardock,
Aaron Thompson,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Crispian St. Peters,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Dorothy Ashby,
Quantec,
Rosa Yemen,
Black Bananas,
Ronnie Foster,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Eve St. Jones,
The Motions,
the Swans,
Colin Newman,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Dennis Brown,
Bush Tetras,
Magazine,
The Pop Group,
Angry Samoans,
The Mojo Men,
Bob Dylan,
Kas Product,
Masters at Work,
China Crisis,
Todd Terry,
Skriet,
The Victims,
Talk Talk,
Barrington Levy,
Peter & Gordon,
A Certain Ratio,
The Fire Engines,
Jacques Brel,
Throbbing Gristle,
Alton Ellis,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Black Dice,
Tommy Roe,
Pierre Henry,
Amazonics,
Thompson Twins,
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Max Romeo,
Fat Boys,
Camberwell Now,
CMW,
Amon Düül,
cv313,
The Shadows of Knight,
John Cale,
Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey, Chris & Cosey.
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.