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 Australia and from Sao Paulo.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Selda show in Istanbul.
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 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Seoul.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Calgary 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 spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Tommy Roe to the crunk kids.
I played it at the Hacienda.
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 Radiopuhelimet. All the underground hits.
All Jeff Mills tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every AZ record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco 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 snare and a marimba and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Kas Product record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a guitar.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Angels of Light & Akron/Family,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Public Image Ltd.,
Eric B and Rakim,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Kas Product,
The Fire Engines,
Sonic Youth,
Gastr Del Sol,
Max Romeo,
Urselle,
Boogie Down Productions,
Jerry's Kids,
the Human League,
Amazonics,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Theoretical Girls,
Amon Düül II,
Lou Reed,
The Men They Couldn't Hang,
Radiopuhelimet,
the Slits,
Animal Collective,
The Divine Comedy,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
Bronski Beat,
Pagans,
Jeff Mills,
Roger Hodgson,
Idris Muhammad,
Rhythm & Sound,
The Slackers,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ornette Coleman,
Michelle Simonal,
The Vogues,
Glenn Branca,
The Motions,
Janne Schatter,
Neil Young,
The Associates,
Livin' Joy,
Drive Like Jehu,
Gichy Dan,
Donald Byrd,
Fear,
Yellowson,
Scan 7,
Main Source,
Stetsasonic,
Royal Trux,
K-Klass,
The Fugs,
Mr. Review,
Mantronix,
Arcadia,
Jesper Dahlback,
The Dead C,
Japan,
Von Mondo,
La Düsseldorf,
LL Cool J,
DNA,
8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy, 8 Eyed Spy.
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.