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 Mali and from Houston.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Philadelphia.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Bremen 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 1977 at the first Mistral practice in a loft in Amsterdam.
I was working on the oboe sounds with much patience.
I was there when Donald Fagen 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 Schoolly D to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Fat Boys. All the underground hits.
All Mr. Review tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every John Cale 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Black Moon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Aural Exciters,
Parry Music,
Stereo Dub,
Jesper Dahlbäck,
DJ Sneak,
Minnie Riperton,
Young Marble Giants,
Bizarre Inc.,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Prince Buster,
Roger Hodgson,
The Neon Judgement,
Yellowson,
Q and Not U,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Average White Band,
Maurizio,
Tomorrow,
Section 25,
Rapeman,
Carl Craig,
Bob Dylan,
Glambeats Corp.,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Sonny Sharrock,
Skarface,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Schoolly D,
Ice-T,
Max Romeo,
Electric Light Orchestra,
The New Christs,
48th St. Collective,
The Motions,
Suicide,
D'Angelo,
Mo-Dettes,
Au Pairs,
X-102,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
Lucky Dragons,
Eric B and Rakim,
Gang Gang Dance,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Fad Gadget,
Sandy B,
John Holt,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Gerry Rafferty,
Brass Construction,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Masters at Work,
The Smiths,
The Shadows of Knight,
Technova,
The Cowsills,
Simply Red,
Stiv Bators,
Adolescents,
The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band, The Chocolate Watch Band.
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.