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 Kosovo and from Portland.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Columbus.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Columbus 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Sparks to the dance 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 Lungfish. All the underground hits.
All Jandek tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Pagans record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal electroclash hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Shoche record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Ohio Players,
Andrew Hill,
Newcleus,
Joey Negro,
Pantaleimon,
Parry Music,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Surgeon,
It's A Beautiful Day,
10cc,
Stockholm Monsters,
L. Decosne,
Minutemen,
Jeff Lynne,
Altered Images,
The Real Kids,
Yazoo,
The Blackbyrds,
Juan Atkins,
Nas,
Isaac Hayes,
Fatback Band,
Duran Duran,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Procol Harum,
Stereo Dub,
Dennis Brown,
The Walker Brothers,
Lalo Schifrin,
B.T. Express,
Bobby Womack,
Oppenheimer Analysis,
Dark Day,
The Misunderstood,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Thompson Twins,
Television,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Kaleidoscope,
Mars,
Donny Hathaway,
Cybotron,
Cheater Slicks,
Bronski Beat,
Niagra,
Jimmy McGriff,
The Index,
Idris Muhammad,
Althea and Donna,
Deepchord,
Josef K,
Charles Mingus,
Ultra Naté,
Sister Nancy,
Ludus,
The Count Five,
Carl Craig,
Pharoah Sanders,
Blossom Toes,
Blancmange,
Crispian St. Peters,
In Retrospect,
Al Stewart, Al Stewart, Al Stewart, Al Stewart.
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.