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 Finland and from Milan.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Buzzcocks show in Bolton.
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 1965 to 1978.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Toronto and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Toronto 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when Lou Reed 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 Rapeman to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Outsiders. All the underground hits.
All Ten City tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Ajijia Myrayebe record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 güiro and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a X-101 record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a harpsichord.
I hear that you and your band have sold your harpsichord and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David Axelrod,
Rhythm & Sound,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
Kaleidoscope,
Deadbeat,
Depeche Mode,
Janne Schatter,
Buzzcocks,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Juan Atkins,
Vaughan Mason & Crew,
Oblivians,
Scientists,
Qualms,
The Remains,
Leonard Cohen,
Eric Dolphy,
Marmalade,
The Flesh Eaters,
Eric B and Rakim,
Michelle Simonal,
Zero Boys,
AZ,
Sound Behaviour,
A Certain Ratio,
Lakeside,
Ludus,
Porter Ricks,
Camberwell Now,
Boz Scaggs,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Real Kids,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Don Cherry,
Glambeats Corp.,
The Stooges,
Ultimate Spinach,
Gichy Dan,
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Agitation Free,
Gang Gang Dance,
Essential Logic,
New Order,
Scan 7,
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
FM Einheit,
Pantaleimon,
Stockholm Monsters,
Crispian St. Peters,
Robert Görl,
Prince Buster,
Lou Reed & John Cale,
Lower 48,
Loose Ends,
Aaron Thompson,
Mars,
Blossom Toes,
Nas,
Man Eating Sloth,
The Grass Roots,
The Fire Engines, The Fire Engines, The Fire Engines, The Fire Engines.
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.