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 Belgium and from Winnipeg.
But I was there.
I was there in 1977.
I was there at the first Zapp show in Hamilton.
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 1972.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Sao Paulo and Hong Kong.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Hong Kong 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 1976 at the first Chic practice in a loft in New York.
I was working on the oboe 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 Eyeless In Gaza to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Troubador.
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 Walker Brothers. All the underground hits.
All Index tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Cal Tjader record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal punk hit - 1985, '86, '87.
I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good '80s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a güiro and a guitar and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Boogie Down Productions record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your güiro and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a güiro.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
It's A Beautiful Day,
Jandek,
Hasil Adkins,
The Smiths,
Eric B and Rakim,
Fluxion,
Rhythm & Sound,
Eric Copeland,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
The Star Department,
The Human League,
Marcia Griffiths,
Nico,
Unrelated Segments,
Man Parrish,
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band,
Duran Duran,
Essential Logic,
AZ,
Major Organ And The Adding Machine,
The Residents,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
R.M.O.,
June of 44,
Cymande,
Niagra,
Nik Kershaw,
Tubeway Army,
KRS-One,
Howard Jones,
Jimmy McGriff,
Gong,
Popol Vuh,
Circle Jerks,
Michelle Simonal,
Tears for Fears,
Smog,
Eric Dolphy,
David Axelrod,
De La Soul & Jungle Brothers,
Ponytail,
Marmalade,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
World's Most,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
The Birthday Party,
Heaven 17,
Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish,
Audionom,
The Mighty Diamonds,
Joey Negro,
The Angels of Light,
Pere Ubu,
Zero Boys,
Shuggie Otis,
Panda Bear,
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds,
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth,
Cal Tjader,
Bobby Hutcherson,
Visage,
Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II, Amon Düül II.
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.