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 Hungary and from Madrid.
But I was there.
I was there in 1979.
I was there at the first Josef K show in Edinburgh.
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 1960 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Taipei.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Taipei 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 snare sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Sällskapet to the disco kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 Altered Images. All the underground hits.
All These Immortal Souls tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Theoretical Girls 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Lungfish record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a synthesizer.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
Alton Ellis,
Todd Terry,
Echospace,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
Matthew Halsall,
The Smoke,
Al Stewart,
Gerry Rafferty,
the Normal,
Black Moon,
Letta Mbulu,
Hardrive,
Spoonie Gee,
Susan Cadogan,
The Remains,
Guru Guru,
Joensuu 1685,
Pagans,
DNA,
Stereo Dub,
The Saints,
Derrick May,
The Raincoats,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Curtis Mayfield,
Make Up,
Youth Brigade,
Fluxion,
Scan 7,
Toni Rubio,
The Zeros,
MC5,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Barclay James Harvest,
Symarip,
Strawberry Alarm Clock,
Duran Duran,
New Order,
Bizarre Inc.,
David Axelrod,
Marshall Jefferson,
Icehouse,
Amon Düül II,
Supertramp,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Animal Collective,
David McCallum,
Trumans Water,
Royal Trux,
KRS-One,
Funky Four + One,
Roger Hodgson,
The Busters,
Anakelly,
The Five Americans,
Monolake,
The Residents,
Danielle Patucci,
Moby Grape, Moby Grape, Moby Grape, Moby Grape.
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.