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 Bulgaria and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1967 to 1974.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lille and Delhi.
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 mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Howard Jones to the punk 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 Grandmaster Flash. All the underground hits.
All T.S.O.L. tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Lakeside 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 marimba and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sonny Sharrock record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Jeff Mills,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Gabor Szabo,
Aloha Tigers,
Alphaville,
Inner City,
Johnny Osbourne,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
Bluetip,
Robert Wyatt,
The Misunderstood,
Brand Nubian,
Joe Smooth,
Marvin Gaye,
Qualms,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Godley & Creme,
Pere Ubu,
Intrusion,
Gil Scott Heron,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
Ice-T,
Soulsonic Force,
Piero Umiliani,
Sun Ra,
Minutemen,
the Fania All-Stars,
The Monks,
Agent Orange,
The Litter,
Niagra,
Delta 5,
Simply Red,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Delon & Dalcan,
Faraquet,
Pet Shop Boys,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rites of Spring,
Procol Harum,
Mo-Dettes,
UT,
Jerry's Kids,
Throbbing Gristle,
Radio Birdman,
Ralphi Rosario,
MC5,
OOIOO,
The Walker Brothers,
Skaos,
cv313,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Todd Terry,
Gang Green,
Terry Callier,
Glenn Branca,
Yaz,
Lakeside, Lakeside, Lakeside, Lakeside.
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.