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 France and from Manila.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1967 to 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Mumbai and Bologna.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 theremin 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 Red Lorry Yellow Lorry to the rap 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 Toni Rubio. All the underground hits.
All Fad Gadget tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Strawberry Alarm Clock 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Eric Copeland record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your spring reverb and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a spring reverb.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The Durutti Column,
Jeff Lynne,
Cybotron,
Harpers Bizarre,
Altered Images,
These Immortal Souls,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Chrome,
The Evens,
Vladislav Delay,
The Techniques,
James White and The Blacks,
Subhumans,
DJ Style,
The Dirtbombs,
Donny Hathaway,
T. Rex,
UT,
H. Thieme,
Lee Hazlewood,
The Knickerbockers,
Oblivians,
The Alarm Clocks,
Con Funk Shun,
Isaac Hayes,
New Age Steppers,
Lalo Schifrin,
Marvin Gaye,
Q and Not U,
Frankie Knuckles,
Faraquet,
the Bar-Kays,
Niagra,
Michelle Simonal,
EPMD,
The Cure,
Masta Ace, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane,
Wally Richardson,
Kango’s Stein Massive,
Traffic Nightmare,
John Holt,
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra,
Parry Music,
Tears for Fears,
Aloha Tigers,
The Seeds,
Royal Trux,
The Young Rascals,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Mr. Review,
Joy Division,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
The Motions,
Cal Tjader,
The Monochrome Set,
Oneida,
Section 25,
Ultra Naté,
Kerrie Biddell,
T.S.O.L.,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Beau Brummels,
Liliput,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes, Justin Hinds & The Dominoes.
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.