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 Guatemala and from Taipei.
But I was there.
I was there in 1962.
I was there at the first Guess Who show in Winnipeg.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lyon and Johannesburg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Beijing 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 rhodes 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 Bobby Hutcherson to the crunk kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Harmonia. All the underground hits.
All Rhythim Is Rhythim tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bluetip 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a marimba and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lou Christie record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a harpsichord.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Franke,
Yaz,
Susan Cadogan,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Bauhaus,
Half Japanese,
Don Cherry,
Scientists,
The Fall,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Grandmaster Flash,
Prince Buster,
Delon & Dalcan,
Schoolly D,
Boogie Down Productions,
Scan 7,
Henry Cow,
Procol Harum,
Public Enemy,
Gichy Dan,
Niagra,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Pet Shop Boys,
Motorama,
Marc Almond,
EPMD,
Shoche,
Loose Ends,
CMW,
Rhythm & Sound,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Deepchord,
Blancmange,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Ronnie Foster,
The Mojo Men,
Bootsy Collins,
Toni Rubio,
Desert Stars,
Iggy Pop,
Amon Düül,
Dave Gahan,
a-ha,
The Black Dice,
The Fire Engines,
Gang Green,
Roy Ayers,
Lalo Schifrin,
Maleditus Sound,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Simply Red,
KRS-One,
Alice Coltrane,
Hoover,
Jeff Lynne,
Q and Not U,
Gang Gang Dance,
Roxette,
Laurel Aitken,
Underground Resistance, Underground Resistance, Underground Resistance, Underground Resistance.
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.