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 Singapore and from Salvador.
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 1968 to 1973.
I'm losing my edge.
To all the kids in Glasgow and Toronto.
I'm losing my edge to the art-school Lille 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 1967 at the first Rodriguez practice in a loft in Detroit.
I was working on the güiro 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 Quantec 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 Rhythm & Sound. All the underground hits.
All Soul II Soul tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Sällskapet record on German import.
I heard that you have a white label of every seminal dance 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 guitar and an arpeggiator and are throwing your macbook out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Jawbox record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitar and bought an oboe.
I hear that you and your band have sold your oboe and bought a guitar.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.
But have you seen my records?
Lucky Dragons,
The Walker Brothers,
Nils Olav,
Toni Rubio,
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark,
Rotary Connection,
Kerri Chandler,
Icehouse,
Quadrant,
Radiohead,
Jerry Gold Smith,
Crime,
Second Layer,
Fluxion,
Make Up,
the Bar-Kays,
The Happenings,
The Remains,
Ten City,
Scott Walker,
Aaron Thompson,
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo,
Marvin Gaye,
The Smiths,
Janne Schatter,
Dave Gahan,
Danielle Patucci,
Electric Light Orchestra,
8 Eyed Spy,
Black Bananas,
Lebanon Hanover,
Colin Newman,
Lou Christie,
The Sonics,
Josef K,
The Cosmic Jokers,
The Gladiators,
Television Personalities,
Joensuu 1685,
Radiopuhelimet,
Khruangbin,
The Victims,
Qualms,
Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson,
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five,
The Doors,
The Mojo Men,
Art Ensemble Of Chicago,
Lou Reed,
the Fania All-Stars,
Sam Rivers,
Bobby Byrd,
Scott Walker + Sunn O))),
The Red Krayola,
UT,
Flash Fearless,
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap,
The Wake,
Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog,
Metal Thangz,
Lalann,
Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock, Eli Mardock.
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.