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 Micronesia and from Lyon.
But I was there.
I was there in 1967.
I was there at the first Rodriguez show in Detroit.
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 1969 to 1976.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Woodstock and Houston.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Accra 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 at the first Suicide practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the chamberlin sounds with much patience.
I was there when Robert Palmer 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 Animal Collective to the funk 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 Nico. All the underground hits.
All a-ha tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Bootsy Collins record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk 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 linndrum and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Make Up record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a mellotron.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
David Axelrod,
Roy Ayers,
Roy Ayers Ubiquity,
The Doobie Brothers,
Radiopuhelimet,
Nirvana,
Make Up,
Scrapy,
Can,
Iggy Pop,
Alphaville,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Thee Headcoats,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Terror Squad Feat. Camron,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Joensuu 1685,
John Lydon,
Howard Jones,
Gabor Szabo,
Roxette,
Erykah Badu,
Crash Course in Science,
New Order,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Deakin,
Ornette Coleman,
Lyres,
Rosa Yemen,
Loose Ends,
Pierre Henry,
Amon Düül,
Ludus,
Rotary Connection,
Freddie Wadling,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
Country Joe & The Fish,
John Holt,
Fat Boys,
Malaria!,
Sly & The Family Stone,
The Busters,
Guru Guru,
Nico,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Shuggie Otis,
Intrusion,
Country Teasers,
Carl Craig,
Lungfish,
Black Sheep,
Curtis Mayfield,
Silicon Teens,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
The Cure,
Warsaw,
Juan Atkins,
Hardrive,
Swell Maps,
Althea and Donna,
Delon & Dalcan,
Fela Kuti,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Jawbox, Jawbox, Jawbox, Jawbox.
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.