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 Cuba and from Beijing.
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 1963 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Mumbai.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Jakarta 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the güiro 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 Livin' Joy to the grunge 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 The Young Rascals. All the underground hits.
All The Techniques tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Altered Images 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a snare and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Techniques record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a chamberlin.
I hear that you and your band have sold your chamberlin and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Swell Maps,
World's Most,
The Saints,
Yaz,
Minny Pops,
Connie Case,
Niagra,
New Age Steppers,
Radio Birdman,
Rufus Thomas,
Mantronix,
Sparks,
Ken Boothe,
Fatback Band,
Eurythmics,
Country Teasers,
Moebius,
Porter Ricks,
Hardrive,
Alphaville,
Carl Craig,
Albert Ayler,
Ronan,
Pere Ubu,
Dave Gahan,
Pharaoh Sanders and the Fire Engines,
Pet Shop Boys,
Wally Richardson,
The Doors,
Roxette,
Tears for Fears,
X-102,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
John Holt,
Bang on a Can All-Stars,
Patti Smith,
Selector Dub Narcotic,
Model 500,
Black Pus,
Flipper,
Pole,
Mo-Dettes,
Dennis Brown,
Nas,
Radiohead,
Eric Dolphy,
Little Man,
Grandmaster Flash,
Isaac Hayes,
Barrington Levy,
Lyres,
The Mummies,
The Young Rascals,
Dorothy Ashby,
Public Image Ltd.,
Donald Byrd,
Thompson Twins,
the Normal,
The Leaves,
Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano, Chris Corsano.
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.