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 Dominica and from Beijing.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1968 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Delhi.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Mumbai 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 2001 at the first Tiga practice in a loft in Montreal.
I was working on the marimba 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 The Divine Comedy to the rock kids.
I played it at Trash.
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 Be Bop Deluxe. All the underground hits.
All Goldenarms tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Kenny Larkin 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 '70s.
I hear you're buying an organ and a theremin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Young Rascals record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Skatalites,
Joy Division,
Danielle Patucci,
Infiniti,
Rekid,
Freddie Wadling,
Radiopuhelimet,
Prince Buster,
Gregory Isaacs,
Buzzcocks,
The Human League,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Lalann,
Brass Construction,
The Index,
The Shadows of Knight,
The Count Five,
Youth Brigade,
Eurythmics,
H. Thieme,
John Cale,
Agitation Free,
Man Parrish,
Angry Samoans,
Nas,
Sonic Youth,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Letta Mbulu,
The Searchers,
The Leaves,
Kurtis Blow,
10cc,
T.S.O.L.,
FM Einheit,
Delta 5,
Lucky Dragons,
Stiv Bators,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Soulsonic Force,
Leonard Cohen,
Soft Cell,
Kaleidoscope,
The Martian,
Jandek,
Davy DMX,
Make Up,
Cheater Slicks,
Marvin Gaye,
Rowland S Howard / Lydia Lunch,
The Peanut Butter Conspiracy,
Zero Boys,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
The Kinks,
Guru Guru,
Bluetip,
Toni Rubio,
Ponytail,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Moebius,
Jeff Lynne,
Tomorrow,
Kas Product,
Jacob Miller, Jacob Miller, Jacob Miller, Jacob Miller.
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.