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 Hungary and from Portland.
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 1965 to 1977.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Manchester and Portland.
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 1971 at the first Big Star practice in a loft in Memphis.
I was working on the güiro 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 Wasted Youth to the punk kids.
I played it at the 40 Watt.
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 Roger Hodgson. All the underground hits.
All Fluxion tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Jerry's Kids 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 '80s cut and another box set from the '70s.
I hear you're buying a linndrum and a chamberlin and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a The Buckinghams record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your sitar and bought a clarinet.
I hear that you and your band have sold your clarinet and bought a sitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Prince Buster,
Lalo Schifrin,
Ken Boothe,
Black Moon,
The Knickerbockers,
Roger Hodgson,
Isaac Hayes,
Sixth Finger,
Al Stewart,
Eden Ahbez,
Sticky Fingaz feat. Raekwon,
Motorama,
Soul Sonic Force,
The Seeds,
Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx,
Chris Corsano,
Mr. Review,
The Gladiators,
Pantytec,
The Fugs,
Pierre Henry,
Joy Division,
Gang Starr,
Camron Feat. Jay Z And Juelz,
Aural Exciters,
Marc Almond,
Notorious BIG live in Amsterdam,
The Gories,
Groovy Waters,
The Motions,
Yusef Lateef,
the Swans,
Rhythm & Sound,
Ludus,
Ultimate Spinach,
Fluxion,
Zapp,
The Skatalites,
Nirvana,
Bang On A Can,
Eric Copeland,
Theoretical Girls,
Kings Of Tomorrow,
the Association,
Marmalade,
Simply Red,
Hashim,
John Lydon,
Spoonie Gee,
The Names,
The Doobie Brothers,
The Star Department,
Ten City,
Moss Icon,
Ossler,
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282,
Boogie Down Productions,
KRS-One,
Gian Franco Pienzio,
Lou Reed,
Blancmange,
Angry Samoans,
Wolf Eyes, Wolf Eyes, Wolf Eyes, Wolf Eyes.
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.