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 Guinea and from Copenhagen.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Soft Boys show in Cambridge.
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 1971.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Spokane and Lagos.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Stockholm 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Michael McDonald 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 Flipper to the electroclash kids.
I played it at Cafe Wha.
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 ABBA. All the underground hits.
All Throbbing Gristle tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Skriet record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal techno hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '50s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a rhodes and a synthesizer and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Adolescents record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Guru Guru,
Parry Music,
The Royal Family And The Poor,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
Justin Hinds & The Dominoes,
the Fania All-Stars,
Scratch Acid,
Gil Scott Heron,
Tres Demented,
Ronan,
Scan 7,
Isaac Hayes,
Dawn Penn,
Kas Product,
Sparks,
Groovy Waters,
Eyeless In Gaza,
Liaisons Dangereuses,
Urselle,
Gregory Isaacs,
Metal Thangz,
Soft Machine,
Manfred Mann's Earth Band,
Gang Starr,
LL Cool J,
Model 500,
Avey Tare,
The New Christs,
Rahsaan Roland Kirk,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Scientists,
Scion,
Das Ding,
Nirvana,
Dennis Brown,
Johnny Clarke,
Chris & Cosey,
Darondo,
The Evens,
Lindisfarne,
The Slackers,
Lungfish,
The Neon Judgement,
Cymande,
Technova,
Eddi Front,
Erykah Badu,
Maleditus Sound,
Smog,
Harry Pussy,
Derrick May,
D'Angelo,
Country Joe & The Fish,
Albert Ayler,
Spandau Ballet,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Josef K,
Bizarre Inc.,
Gang Gang Dance,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
Mandrill,
Eric B and Rakim, Eric B and Rakim, Eric B and Rakim, Eric B and Rakim.
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.