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 Cyprus and from Lagos.
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 1969 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Tehran and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Madrid 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 Feelies practice in a loft in Haledon.
I was working on the linndrum 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 Roxy Music to the grime 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 Main Source. All the underground hits.
All Terry Callier tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Drive Like Jehu record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal crunk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a clarinet and an organ and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a kango's stein massive record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Duran Duran,
Country Teasers,
The Doobie Brothers,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
The Pretty Things,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Danielle Patucci,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Kurtis Blow,
Avey Tare,
The Trojans,
Icehouse,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Scan 7,
The Skatalites,
Graham Central Station,
The Real Kids,
Chris & Cosey,
Hasil Adkins,
Gabor Szabo,
B.T. Express,
Television,
Desert Stars,
Derrick May,
Gang Starr,
Fort Wilson Riot,
The Young Rascals,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Traffic Nightmare,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
LL Cool J,
Ronnie Foster,
The Star Department,
Agent Orange,
Drive Like Jehu,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Eurythmics,
Freddie Wadling,
Nick Fraelich,
Glambeats Corp.,
10cc,
Lalo Schifrin,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
DJ Style,
the Normal,
Rhythm & Sound,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Gories,
The Martian,
D'Angelo,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
World's Most,
Nas,
The Moody Blues,
The Happenings,
Eric B and Rakim,
Pierre Henry,
The Cosmic Jokers, The Cosmic Jokers, The Cosmic Jokers, The Cosmic Jokers.
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.