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 Ecuador and from Accra.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Mistral show in Amsterdam.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Stockholm.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 Zapp practice in a loft in Hamilton.
I was working on the güiro 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 Yazoo to the jazz kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Porter Ricks. All the underground hits.
All Von Mondo tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Peanut Butter Conspiracy 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 an oboe and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Larry & the Blue Notes record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a rhodes.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Avey Tare & Kría Brekkan,
Aural Exciters,
Black Sheep,
Ludus,
F. McDonald,
The Litter,
Joe Smooth,
Joy Division,
The Blackbyrds,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Cymande,
Laurel Aitken,
Lee Hazlewood,
EPMD,
Qualms,
Vainqueur,
The Fire Engines,
China Crisis,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Massinfluence,
the Association,
Spandau Ballet,
New Order,
The Music Machine,
Chris & Cosey,
Eric Dolphy,
Interpol,
The Leaves,
Japan,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Urselle,
Ornette Coleman,
Ponytail,
Barbara Tucker,
Chrome,
Peter & Gordon,
Babytalk,
Wings,
Gang Gang Dance,
The Flesh Eaters,
Prince Buster,
The Seeds,
Reagan Youth,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Khruangbin,
Roxette,
Lizzy Mercier Descloux,
Procol Harum,
Mo-Dettes,
Wolf Eyes,
The Raincoats,
Dawn Penn,
The Tremeloes,
U.S. Maple,
Carl Craig,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Lungfish,
The Monks,
Cal Tjader,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Warren Ellis, Warren Ellis, Warren Ellis, Warren Ellis.
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.