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 Ecuador and from Philadelphia.
But I was there.
I was there in 1987.
I was there at the first Nirvana show in Seattle.
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 1961 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mexico City and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Spokane 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 marimba sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Pylon to the funk kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Dual Sessions. All the underground hits.
All Flipper tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Eurythmics record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal jazz hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kaleidoscope record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud,
Kenny Larkin,
Whodini,
Letta Mbulu,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Rosa Yemen,
Arab on Radar,
Buzzcocks,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Avey Tare,
June of 44,
Rekid,
Warsaw,
D'Angelo,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Scrapy,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Magazine,
Minnie Riperton,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Simply Red,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Nas,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Ohio Players,
Absolute Body Control,
Panda Bear,
Wings,
Hoover,
kango's stein massive,
Erasure,
David McCallum,
Skaos,
Henry Cow,
Leonard Cohen,
Kayak,
ABC,
The Remains,
Rakim,
Minny Pops,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
The Fortunes,
Warren Ellis,
The Divine Comedy,
Lebanon Hanover,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
The Raincoats,
The Mighty Diamonds,
The Fuzztones,
Marc Almond,
The Black Dice,
Brick,
Can,
Essential Logic,
Aaron Thompson,
Jerry's Kids,
Roy Ayers,
Frankie Knuckles,
Peter and Kerry,
Eve St. Jones,
CMW,
The Doobie Brothers,
Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review, Mr. Review.
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.