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 Korea North and from Spokane.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1965 to 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Beijing and Salvador.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Houston 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 The Techniques to the punk 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 Animal Collective. All the underground hits.
All Livin' Joy tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grunge hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying an oboe and a güiro and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Scott Walker record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought an organ.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Anthony Braxton,
Sun Ra Arkestra,
Davy DMX,
Steve Hackett,
Harry Pussy,
Scott Walker,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Sexual Harrassment,
Y Pants,
Pierre Henry,
Ralphi Rosario,
Silicon Teens,
The Grass Roots,
Nico,
Roxette,
Bad Manners,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Be Bop Deluxe,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Howard Jones,
Monks,
Duran Duran,
Scion,
The Names,
H. Thieme,
Terrestrial Tones,
The Slackers,
Subhumans,
Godley & Creme,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Quantec,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Schoolly D,
Procol Harum,
June Days,
Eden Ahbez,
The Angels of Light,
Funkadelic,
Groovy Waters,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Kerri Chandler,
Outsiders,
Glambeats Corp.,
Basic Channel,
Bootsy's Rubber Band,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Maurizio,
Zapp,
DJ Sneak,
Cameo,
Chris Corsano,
Aaron Thompson,
Cymande,
Black Flag,
Kas Product,
Urselle,
Kayak,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
Derrick Morgan,
Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas, Grey Daturas.
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.