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 Ghana and from Hong Kong.
But I was there.
I was there in .
I was there at the first Suicide 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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manila and Accra.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Seoul 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 mellotron 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 Laurel Aitken to the rock 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 Altered Images. All the underground hits.
All Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every The Young Rascals record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rock hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '70s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a sitar and a harpsichord and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Ronan record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
The United States of America,
Adolescents,
Anthony Braxton,
CMW,
Susan Cadogan,
the Normal,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Audionom,
Accadde A,
Barry Ungar,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Nation of Ulysses,
Wings,
The Cosmic Jokers,
Cameo,
Rhythm & Sound,
Ohio Players,
Half Japanese,
DJ Sneak,
Matthew Bourne,
Joey Negro,
Duran Duran,
The Mummies,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Nik Kershaw,
Bobby Byrd,
Bauhaus,
Kurtis Blow,
The Gun Club,
Mo-Dettes,
Curtis Mayfield,
Glambeats Corp.,
Wally Richardson,
Amon Düül,
Bizarre Inc.,
Donald Byrd,
Camouflage,
Robert Görl,
Wolf Eyes,
Chris & Cosey,
H. Thieme,
Richard Hell and the Voidoids,
These Immortal Souls,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Reagan Youth,
Bob Dylan,
Angry Samoans,
Youth Brigade,
Ken Boothe,
Cal Tjader,
Fad Gadget,
Notorious Big And Bone Thugs,
The Dead C,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Panda Bear,
Iggy Pop,
Country Teasers,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Gil Scott Heron,
Pharoah Sanders,
Lungfish,
Peter & Gordon,
Gastr Del Sol, Gastr Del Sol, Gastr Del Sol, Gastr Del Sol.
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.