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 Guyana and from Columbus.
But I was there.
I was there in 1968.
I was there at the first Bowie show in Bromley.
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 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Lagos and Beijing.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Tehran 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 Selda practice in a loft in Istanbul.
I was working on the güiro 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 R.M.O. to the disco kids.
I played it at the Spitz.
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 The American Breed. All the underground hits.
All Au Pairs tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Heavy D & The Boyz 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 '60s cut and another box set from the '80s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Rod Modell record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your mellotron and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a mellotron.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Saccharine Trust,
Pere Ubu,
Isaac Hayes,
Dual Sessions,
Marc Romboy vs. Booka Shade,
Sly & The Family Stone,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Animal Collective,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
The Beau Brummels,
Yazoo,
Maurizio,
Ludus,
Sixth Finger,
The Fugs,
Bluetip,
The Alarm Clocks,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Deadbeat,
Leonard Cohen,
Lou Christie,
Main Source,
The Walker Brothers,
Bobby Sherman,
DNA,
Michelle Simonal,
Chris Corsano,
The Monochrome Set,
Franke,
Quantec,
Faraquet,
The Electric Prunes,
The Remains,
Godley & Creme,
Zapp,
Bush Tetras,
Rotary Connection,
Rhythm & Sound,
Los Fastidios,
Sonic Youth,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Juan Atkins,
Visage,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Piero Umiliani,
Roxy Music,
The Standells,
Glenn Branca,
Fat Boys,
Ronnie Foster,
Sonny Sharrock,
Joe Finger,
Faust,
The Blackbyrds,
Roxette,
David Bowie,
The Toasters,
Flipper,
Grauzone,
New York Dolls,
Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth, Joe Smooth.
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.