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 Gabon and from Toronto.
But I was there.
I was there in 1971.
I was there at the first Big Star show in Memphis.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Paris and Winnipeg.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Manila 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 1968 at the first Bowie practice in a loft in Bromley.
I was working on the organ sounds with much patience.
I was there when Tom Verlaine 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 Barrington Levy to the jazz kids.
I played it at the Roxy.
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 Crime. All the underground hits.
All The Residents tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Marcia Griffiths 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 '90s.
I hear you're buying a synthesizer and a linndrum and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Swell Maps record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your theremin and bought a 808.
I hear that you and your band have sold your 808 and bought a theremin.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Echospace,
Cluster,
Man Parrish,
Jimmy McGriff,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
The Remains,
Blancmange,
FM Einheit,
Gerry Rafferty,
Gregory Isaacs,
Circle Jerks,
Marmalade,
Alice Coltrane,
Kauko Röyhkä ja Narttu,
The Fuzztones,
Rotary Connection,
Cabaret Voltaire,
Rhythm & Sound,
Yusef Lateef,
Soul II Soul,
Nils Olav,
Drive Like Jehu,
Bauhaus,
Rapeman,
Ultravox,
Cymande,
Grandmaster Flash,
Brand Nubian,
Index,
Royal Trux,
Skriet,
The Shadows of Knight,
Mr. Review,
Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic,
Bob Dylan,
Cameo,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Kerri Chandler,
Chrome,
Todd Terry,
Soft Machine,
Shuggie Otis,
James Chance & The Contortions,
Groovy Waters,
Joe Smooth,
Electric Light Orchestra,
KRS-One,
Guru Guru,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Albert Ayler,
The Modern Lovers,
The Seeds,
Audionom,
Hoover,
Public Enemy,
Mad Mike,
Althea and Donna,
Sad Lovers and Giants,
The Evens,
Loose Ends,
Fat Boys,
The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor, The Royal Family And The Poor.
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.