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 China and from Milan.
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 1964 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Jakarta and Lyon.
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 1987 at the first Nirvana practice in a loft in Seattle.
I was working on the chamberlin 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 Liliput to the funk 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 JFA. All the underground hits.
All Kool Moe Dee tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Nik Kershaw record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal disco hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a 808 and a mellotron and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Parry Music record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a snare.
I hear that you and your band have sold your snare and bought a 808.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Boredoms,
Roger Hodgson,
The Count Five,
Rotary Connection,
Dawn Penn,
Flamin' Groovies,
Traffic Nightmare,
Bootsy Collins,
Joey Negro,
Sugar Minott,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Marine Girls,
Eric B and Rakim,
Matthew Halsall,
DJ Sneak,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Sun Ra,
The Residents,
Mantronix,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
The Cramps,
Lungfish,
Terry Callier,
The Searchers,
Shuggie Otis,
Jimmy McGriff,
Vladislav Delay,
Eric Dolphy,
New Age Steppers,
Idris Muhammad,
The New Christs,
Quadrant,
The Trojans,
The Real Kids,
Bill Near,
Rakim,
a-ha,
Metal Thangz,
The Shadows of Knight,
Nas,
Second Layer,
Morten Harket,
DNA,
The Sound,
Khruangbin,
Janne Schatter,
Masters at Work,
Thee Headcoats,
Brothers Johnson,
Rhythim Is Rhythim,
Cymande,
Robert Hood,
Gastr Del Sol,
Moss Icon,
the Germs,
The Moody Blues,
Stiv Bators,
Connie Case,
Lalo Schifrin,
Young Marble Giants,
Ash Ra Tempel,
Public Image Ltd.,
Rod Modell, Rod Modell, Rod Modell, Rod Modell.
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.