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 Croatia and from Halifax.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1962 to 1970.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Lille.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Salvador 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 Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the mellotron sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Michelle Simonal to the disco 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 Kayak. All the underground hits.
All Lakeside tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Doors 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a snare and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a John Lydon record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Thee Headcoats,
The Litter,
Mandrill,
Bush Tetras,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Das Ding,
Arthur Verocai,
Jerry's Kids,
Porter Ricks,
The Real Kids,
David McCallum,
Todd Terry,
Fugazi,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Metal Thangz,
Jeff Mills,
Essential Logic,
Fad Gadget,
The Durutti Column,
Malaria!,
The Fugs,
Kas Product,
The Trojans,
Second Layer,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
The Raincoats,
Deepchord,
Brothers Johnson,
Joy Division,
Tim Buckley,
Spandau Ballet,
Lonnie Liston Smith,
John Foxx,
Soul II Soul,
Rhythm & Sound,
Ten City,
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Grauzone,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
ABC,
MDC,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Minnie Riperton,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Pierre Henry,
Joensuu 1685,
Connie Case,
Aswad,
DJ Sneak,
Funky Four + One,
The Misunderstood,
Lindisfarne,
Gerry Rafferty,
Mars,
The Neon Judgement,
Dennis Brown,
Sällskapet,
The Remains,
Main Source,
Crooked Eye,
Tubeway Army, Tubeway Army, Tubeway Army, Tubeway Army.
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.