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 Niger and from Portland.
But I was there.
I was there in 1976.
I was there at the first Chic show in New York.
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 1979.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Calgary 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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the spring reverb sounds with much patience.
I was there when David Bowie 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 Deakin to the rock kids.
I played it at CBGB's.
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 Magma. All the underground hits.
All Coldchain, Rosco P., Featuring Pusha T from Clipse & Boo-Bonic tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Funky Four + One 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 '70s cut and another box set from the '90s.
I hear you're buying a spring reverb and a 808 and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Smiths record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought a linndrum.
I hear that you and your band have sold your linndrum and bought a guitar.
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,
Niagra,
Connie Case,
Erykah Badu,
D'Angelo,
Byron Stingily,
John Holt,
Visionaries,LMNO, T- Love & Iriscience,
Stockholm Monsters,
Jawbox,
Unrelated Segments,
The Sisters of Mercy,
The Chocolate Watch Band,
Eli Mardock,
The Misunderstood,
Subhumans,
Kerri Chandler,
Accadde A,
Siglo XX,
The Music Machine,
DeepChord presents Echospace,
Morten Harket,
The Moleskins,
Carl Craig,
Lou Reed & Metallica,
Reuben Wilson,
Moss Icon,
Jeff Lynne,
Black Flag,
The Human League,
David McCallum,
Mary Jane Girls,
the Slits,
Dorothy Ashby,
Bush Tetras,
Jacques Brel,
Fugazi,
The Gladiators,
Dark Day,
Easy Going,
Pylon,
Nation of Ulysses,
Saccharine Trust,
Arcadia,
Cameo,
Soul Sonic Force,
Neil Young & Crazy Horse,
The Standells,
N.O.R.E. Featuring Pharrell,
Circle Jerks,
Ultramagnetic MC's,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
China Crisis,
Letta Mbulu,
Zapp,
Kevin Saunderson,
New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers, New Age Steppers.
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.