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 Somalia and from Seoul.
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 1964 to 1975.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Philadelphia and Sao Paulo.
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 1971 at the first Neu! practice in a loft in Düsseldorf.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Nile Rodgers 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 Angry Samoans to the grunge kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Beau Brummels. All the underground hits.
All Boogie Down Productions tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Justin Hinds & The Dominoes record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal funk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David Axelrod record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Scott Walker,
Soul Sonic Force,
A Certain Ratio,
Scan 7,
Beasts of Bourbon,
Byron Stingily,
Kayak,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
The Five Americans,
Kaleidoscope,
Sex Pistols,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Inner City,
Nik Kershaw,
Kas Product,
Young Marble Giants,
The Smoke,
Scrapy,
Icehouse,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Black Pus,
Barbara Tucker,
The Sonics,
Warren Ellis,
Jimmy McGriff,
Crash Course in Science,
Essential Logic,
The New Christs,
Sarah Menescal,
a-ha,
Ohio Players,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Siglo XX,
New York Dolls,
The Young Rascals,
Mark Hollis,
Carl Craig,
Moebius,
Stetsasonic,
Eden Ahbez,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Judy Mowatt,
Talk Talk,
Silicon Teens,
Eurythmics,
Gang Starr,
Marmalade,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
Oblivians,
Sandy B,
Parry Music,
Peter & Gordon,
Nas,
Nirvana,
David McCallum,
Isaac Hayes,
Moss Icon,
Minny Pops, Minny Pops, Minny Pops, Minny Pops.
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.