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 Denmark and from Bremen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1973.
I was there at the first Television show in New York.
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 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Hong Kong and Milan.
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 harpsichord 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 John Cale to the grunge kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 Bill Wells. All the underground hits.
All Bill Wells tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Peter & Gordon record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Derrick Morgan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a spring reverb.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Nick Fraelich,
Boz Scaggs,
Minny Pops,
Danielle Patucci,
A Certain Ratio,
Matthew Halsall,
The Angels of Light,
Soft Machine,
Arthur Verocai,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Dorothy Ashby,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Ralphi Rosario,
Pet Shop Boys,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Camron Feat. Memphis Bleek And Beenie Seigel,
Don Cherry,
The Five Americans,
Girls At Our Best!,
K-Klass,
London Community Gospel Choir,
Mr. Review,
Idris Muhammad,
Harry Pussy,
Flipper,
Wasted Youth,
Bizarre Inc.,
Kool Moe Dee,
Gil Scott Heron,
Jandek,
Stereo Dub,
Yusef Lateef,
Dennis Brown,
Pulsallama,
cv313,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
Smog,
AZ,
The Fuzztones,
Vladislav Delay,
Howard Jones,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
DJ Style,
Franke,
Hasil Adkins,
The Residents,
Fluxion,
Soul II Soul,
Amon Düül II,
Larry & the Blue Notes,
Buzzcocks,
Blancmange,
Minor Threat,
The Litter,
The Associates,
Cameo,
Panda Bear,
Sexual Harrassment,
The Busters,
Cecil Taylor,
Bauhaus,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane, Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane.
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.