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 Dominica and from Delhi.
But I was there.
I was there in 1975.
I was there at the first Ubu show in Cleveland.
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 1968 to 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Winnipeg and Mexico City.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Glasgow 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 808 sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Bizarre Inc. to the punk 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 Scion. All the underground hits.
All Eurythmics tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every DeepChord presents Echospace record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal grime 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 an oboe and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Sunsets and Hearts record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your rhodes and bought an organ.
I hear that you and your band have sold your organ and bought a rhodes.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Derrick Morgan,
Model 500,
The Smoke,
Skarface,
Loose Ends,
Y Pants,
Harpers Bizarre,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Beau Brummels,
The Slits,
Jimmy McGriff,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
the Fania All-Stars,
kango's stein massive,
Black Sheep,
Niagra,
Lower 48,
Nas,
Aaron Thompson,
Be Bop Deluxe,
The Gap Band,
Junior Murvin,
Young Marble Giants,
Sarah Menescal,
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band,
The Walker Brothers,
Fat Boys,
Clear Light,
Arab on Radar,
Al Stewart,
Magazine,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Lebanon Hanover,
Ajijia Myrayebe,
The Moody Blues,
Gil Scott Heron,
Kevin Saunderson,
Groovy Waters,
Pet Shop Boys,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Barry Ungar,
Marvin Gaye,
Alton Ellis,
Lafayette Afro Rock Band,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Nils Olav,
La Düsseldorf,
Tommy Roe,
Lakeside,
The Trojans,
The Gladiators,
Dawn Penn,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Scan 7,
Godley & Creme,
The Black Dice,
DJ Style,
Nation of Ulysses,
Absolute Body Control,
Pharoah Sanders,
Gang Starr,
Erykah Badu,
Oblivians,
Outsiders,
Schoolly D, Schoolly D, Schoolly D, Schoolly D.
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.