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 Malawi and from Edmonton.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Feelies show in Haledon.
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 1967 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manchester 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 oboe 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 The Zeros to the dance kids.
I played it at the Astoria.
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 Litter. All the underground hits.
All Make Up tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Todd Terry record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal rap hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a mellotron and a rhodes and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a David McCallum record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a synthesizer.
I hear that you and your band have sold your synthesizer and bought a linndrum.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Hardrive,
Qualms,
Sun Ra,
Buzzcocks,
Lucky Dragons,
Y Pants,
The Music Machine,
Jeff Lynne,
Patti Smith,
The Golliwogs,
Average White Band,
The Moody Blues,
DJ Sneak,
Mary Jane Girls,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
Warren Ellis,
Television Personalities,
The Detroit Cobras,
Infiniti,
Kevin Saunderson,
Heavy D & The Boyz,
Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks,
PIL,
Goldenarms,
Eden Ahbez,
Fort Wilson Riot,
Janne Schatter,
K-Klass,
Gil Scott Heron,
The Tremeloes,
Can,
Black Flag,
Saccharine Trust,
Marvin Gaye,
The Names,
Lalann,
Negative Approach,
Porter Ricks,
The Skatalites,
Sunsets and Hearts,
Shuggie Otis,
Parry Music,
Dual Sessions,
Brand Nubian,
the Swans,
Derrick May,
Ultravox,
Peter and Kerry,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Rekid,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Ken Boothe,
Scratch Acid,
Cameo,
The Leaves,
Agitation Free,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
8 Eyed Spy,
Gastr Del Sol,
Lyres,
Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad, Idris Muhammad.
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.